So after you are at your goal weight, whenever that happened for all those long timers in here, what was left but skin removal, a tummy tuck,

a breast lift.......where do you go?  Who do you trust?  And what if insurance doesn't cover it?

I understand that for many this may be the last thing on your mind, but I am planning and getting ducks in a row, and need to hear from

all those of you who have been there done that and are you happy with the results?

I am sorry if this is rambling........Just trying to be as best prepared as one can be.

thank you

Lynne

Start a savings account is the best advice I can give. 

Insurance  DOES NOT COVER plastic surgery.  Some might cover a panni removal, but you will need to have documentation stating the issues with it like ongoing rashes and sores.

what is a good target for the savings account.

Right now.. I got thigh issues...and would like to get that fixed. I dont have a target value in which to save for thighs.

I would start with $25,000.   Worse case scenario you have extra money in the back. 

Every place is different so maybe in Florida it would cost $13,000, but in California the same procedure is $21,000.   I would ask your surgeon if they have a PS they refer patients to or look on-line.

These are super-rough estimates and will greatly fluctuate depending on whether you stay in country or go to Mexico and what part of the country you live in: 

Facelift $5-10K

Lower body lift $10-15K

Upper body lift (arm lift, boob lift, side/back fat skin removal) - $8-12K

Thigh lift $5-8K

Thank you! I appreciate this.

25K was a goal so far removed from what I could reasonably save in a few years (and I am already trying to dig out of CC debt) that I was so disheartened. Even though these are rough...these look like targets that give me hope!

I go in for a lower body lift on Friday (freaking out) with hospital and anesthesiologist fees, I am paying 30K. Then on March 11, I get my arms and breast augmentation which will be about 22K with hospital and anesthesiologist. I am now saving for my medial thigh lift- I am unsure of that price as of yet. Price relies heavily on your location from what I have noticed. I am in the Ft. Lauderdale area and I have also noticed that NY and CA are priced higher than, say, the mid west. Good luck to you.

Start saving now.

i was self pay for my WLS and then self pay for a full breast lift/arm lift .... A year later, a full abdominoplasty.

i spent about 25,000 for the 3 surgeries, but I drive a car that is 12 years old.

i found money for what was most important to me.

I went into this with realistic expectations that despite getting down to a normal weight, I had not expected a bikini-ready body to emerge.  I never got plastics, and conceal my skin beneath lycra shaper undergarments.  Now that I'm 45, the other womens bodies are all starting to sag along with me..

ya know..by the time I get the cash saved...I will be 45!  So maybe I should just wait it out...