Body Lift Surgery After Major Weight Loss

Talk to you doctor and check with your insurance company. Sometimes they will cover surgeries for reconstruction after major weight loss depending on the amount of skin that needs to come off. Sometimes the doctors can persuade them into helping out too. Make sure you have a good doctor. Also, I have a whole bunch of ideas on keeping you skin tighter during weight loss. My motto with all skincare is that prevention is better than repair. (Seems like I've been copy and pasting this link a lot recently!) For an amount like you're looking to lose, it might not do enough, but it never hurts and you seem pretty young, so your skin might bounce back. The younger you are, the easier it'll naturally tighten.
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Also, I have had a breast reduction and while it's not as big of a deal as a full body reconstruction, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. They give you nice drugs and as long as you take it easy and aren't a total type A (like me), you'll be fine. Again, just make sure you have a good doctor.

Vitamin A and B5 are your friends.

I'd do it in a heartbeat. I've lost 130 lbs, and my skin is so damaged. My Dr. has said that once the skin gets to a certain point, you can't fix it via diet/exercise. Even slow weightloss and super hydration won't help.

I look better, but nekkid? I dunno, LOL

My insurance won't cover these kinds of surgeries.

Not everyone needs a full body lift, some people only needs arm lifts or tummy tuck and some people are fine without surgery. It does depend on how much weight you lost, how fast, your skin type, your age and a bunch of other factors.
The cost varies greatly depending on where you are, for example the same procedure (arm lift) that costs 20,000$ in NYC, costs 6000$ in Miami. Obviously it also varies between doctors.
Keep in mind though that plastic surgeons will not perform a surgery if you are above 30 BMI ( maybe in some special circumstances). So my advise is if you feel your skin is loosing elasticity if you lose weight quickly, slow down your weight loss. You'd want to minimize the amount of time you're living with loose skin while trying to reach 30 BMI, trust me

While I can't really offer any input regarding surgery, since I haven't had it or looked into it (yet), the other thing you need to keep in mind is that is may take your skin a while to catch up to the rest of your body. I have read that it can take up to 2 years for your skin to completely recover after weight loss.

I plan on beginning to look into plastic surgery once I reach my goal, and try to do it after I have maintained for a year. That way, I am giving my body at least a little bit of a chance to do it's thing first.

I would suggest getting to that bridge before worrying about crossing it. You may find that you won't need it at all.

I just had the surgery done in January 2015 and the recovery is not that bad I was back to work , doing 12 hour shifts at almost 5 weeks. It's more discomfort and pain.. I had the lower body and the breast lift with augmentation done at the same time to the tune of 27,300 FMLA or Short terms dis can't be used, I am turning 50 in august and had not complications to healing, I quit smoking more than a year before the surgery. Definatly look better not real noticeable until I take my clothes off. I wear scrubs at work and only one person has said something to me about losing weight. So they hide it well, the boobs are little harder to hide lol.. The first day and the 4th day were the worst for me.. Don't get me wrong it's a long recovery but not near as bad as I anticipated it was going to be.
Just do your research on your Dr and get go for several consulatations before you make your decision on who you will allow to transform your body. Go to realself.com and talk to others on there look as some before and afters on the procedure you a looking to have done as well as read reviews for plastic surgeons in your area.