Plastic Surgery

From my personal experience of trying a ton of products on the market that are supposed to tighten/firm skin, none of them have worked well enough to be worth the money I've spent on them. My skin is very stretched and sagging from pregnancy/weightloss. I lost 60lbs over the course of a year. I've pretty much decided that once I am done having kiddos I will get a mommy makeover, barring some drastic change of heart.

I live near Seattle and for a good surgeon, a full tummy tuck and breast augmentation will cost me around $10,000.

I have not done the creams but I did do laser skin tightening in the past. That was before I weighed 151 though and it was for stretch marks. It did work! It didn't remove them but it definitely tightened up the loose skin a little and faded the marks a little. I got it done again but I have too much loose skin now so it's still there I think a tummy tuck around here is around $6,000. I wish I could get one although I don't have a pooch or anything, just sagging skin when I bend over I still see my stretch marks too and I was told that the only way to really remove them is to get a tummy tuck. I will send you a PM also.

Hi
I work for a cosmetic surgeon. We see many patients who have lost weight and come to us for redundant skin. You are a great candidate for body contouring. You are exactly the ideal patient for the procedure. Liposuction and abdominoplasty are not for weight loss, it is for body contouriing. Excess skin removal of fat. It always surprises our patients when they loose very little weight. One of my favorite patients is like yourself. They took the bull by the horn, lost weight and now need to rid their body of excess skin. You will be amazed at the results. Just make sure you meet personally with your surgery, that he is born certified, ask him how many of these procedures he has done. You need to feel completely confident in his/her abilities. If you feel that the consult is hurried, or he/she is not listening to your concerns, fears, goals, see another physician. We have free consults, which last around a hour. My physician sits with the patient and explain benefits, risk, complications, post op recovery etc. Then we do a physical exam, take measurements let them know how much we anticipate on removing, then take preop pictures. After the consult our patient care manager will set up a cost. This differs depending on how long the surgery last. Most physicians charge one set fee however the surgery centers, hospitals and anesthesia fees very. This is where they actually pay the most. The longer the procedure the longer the cost for the hospital and anesthesia. Good luck.

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It depends how old you are. Young skin tends to go back to shape more easily. Pregnancy leaves some stretch marks and a few wrinkles, but most people go back mostly to their original size.

If your skin is so heavy it's pulling itself down under its own weight, you may want some supportive garment to counteract that.

Anyone who has worked with people with paralysis knows that if you don't constantly stretch tissues, they rapidly contract to a snugger size.