Finally got my tummy tuck and arm lift :)

How did you make a case to get your insurance to partially cover your adominoplasty?

I have Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and they pretty much always cover part of it in cases of massive weight loss. Although my surgeon assured me of this, she took pictures of an infection I had going on with my bellybutton (which were frequent and uncomfortable) and sent that along as well to prove that it was medically necessary.

If you don't mind sharing, how big of a scar do you have on your abdomen? And where is the scar on your arms?

The scar on my abdomen goes about halfway around my body, stopping around where my armpits are. I got one sitting, as that's how you can see the swelling best, and which parts have gone down - the scar should be fairly straight once all of it has gone down, but I am only about 2 and a half weeks out. The doctor's office is taking comparison photos at 4 weeks, so if they look significantly different, which they should, I'll post those up as well.



The scars on my arms are on the very bottom and are difficult to see unless I raise my arms decently high - people don't tend to notice them unless I point them out (which was almost a problem in the hospital a few times!).

My right arm



And left arm


As you can see, there's not much irritation. On the left arm, there are still a few scabs that need to come off, but they're both healing pretty nicely at this point, and I don't wear the wraps on them at all anymore.

Do you mind sharing how long you waited after you reached your goal before having the surgery?

I was at 192 in December when my doctor told me I could begin searching out a surgeon to perform the surgeries. He told me I would probably be within 10% of that for most of my life, because I'd maintained there for a while (although in reality, I had been losing, just reallllllly slowly). Well, I began looking into surgeries, but I also began losing weight more actively because he'd irritated me. I'm now 164, which is around 13% down from that, and plan to lose around ten more.

That was a long answer to what you were asking, but I can summarize it as saying I was not exactly at my goal when I got the surgery, but have been consistent about weight loss and maintaining my weight for quite a while.


Thank you again to everybody posting nice things <333