a lot of plastic surgeons want you to be at a stable weight for 6-12 months before having surgery. I think this is a good idea even if you find a plastic surgeon who doesn't require it. It's very common for people to gain 10-20 lbs after hitting their lowest weight, and supposedly gaining or losing more than 10 lbs after plastic surgery can affect your results.

i was just looking at the diastasis recti pictures,it does look what you said. my doctor wrote on my paper for my gastric bypass doctor laxity of the abdominal wall. so maybe it is a diastasis recti and not laxity of the abdominal wall. i did have a panni removal back in 2007 and my first baby 2014 by c section, i know nothing about these two ..

any one have this surgery? laxity of the abdominal wall? doctor said I need it I have lumps on my left and right side. info please

Yeah, he's amazing. He does participate with Care Credit, so if you went that route he might be an option.

Someone in my support group went to Dr. Vela -- https://www.belcarahealth.com/blog/welcome-dr-gary-vela/

I think she used insurance because she had some unrelated health issue that also required skin removal.

I wish I could be more helpful since you're in my neck of the woods!!

Have you contacted Dr. Michaels? I have no idea if he takes insurance, since mine covered nothing.

This might be a good use of Care Credit? You could put the amount that would be reimbursed on the Care Credit account because they have some low/no interest options if you pay the loan within a certain amount of time - so you could use Care Credit and then pay it off as soon as you were reimbursed and not have extra fees or interest.