Topic : I Want Plastic Surgery Because...

i recently had my surgery back on november 6th of 2007, prior to going in for the surgery i weighed in at 324 lbs..it is now april 24th and i have slimmed down to a 250 lbs frame.

My idea weight goal is to reach 180 lbs and maintain that level of fitness, my question to some of the others who have had the surgery is this, I have been at a stall mate of 250 lbs for the last couple of weeks ( 4 to be exact)...is this something i should be worried about or with each platau you reach it takes a lil longer to get below that level and start to move down again?  Like i said i have only had the surgery about 5 months ago.

Any info and advice would be greatly appreciated

I want and need lipo and tummy tuck bad because I have lost 70 pounds and my belly is saggy and gross. The skin is also rubbing together and causing chapping and rashes that hurt and are disgusting. I have to coat the folds of my skin and groin area with baby powder 2-3 times daily. I wish there was a way to get a loan to pay for the surgery but I haven't found any. I have health insurance but I am pretty sure they do not cover any cosmetic surgeries. Does anyone know alternatives? Keep in mind I am from Mississippi and we are way behind on everything else in the States!

I am 51 years old. I HAVE BEEN A AT GIRL ALL MY LIFE.  I was 10 and 120 lbs.  When I graduated high school I was 250 and not one guy in my class wanted to walk down the aisle with me.  I tried to commit suicide 4 times during my lifetime. I met a wonderful man, whom I never thought was sincere, until years later, who changed my view point on life.  I have probably lost 1000 pounds in my lifetime. I had gastric bypass in 1999. I was 391 when I signed up for the program.  Over a year later when I finally got to have the surgery I weighed 411.  I was one of those one in a million that had wound disruption and nearly died from the second surgery necessary 6 weeks later due to the wound disruption.  One year later I was 250.  It is now 2008 and I am still 250 - 265.  I have what you call an apron belly.  It hangs down and you literally ave to pick it up and tuck it in your pants.  I have to use special creams under my belly as I am always getting a yeast infection.  My legs are like tree trunks and I cannot remember ever in my lifetime having knee caps. One year ago I had a spinal column injury that left me paralyzed from the neck down for a couple of months.  After extensive in-house therapy I can use my hands, however still numb inside palms and limited motor skill function and sensory problems.  I am still numb from the waist down.  I am on a schedule for urinary and bowel functions.  So now with limited exercise, and the fact that I cannot feel my legs, the flab between my legs effects my walking function, sometimes causing me to not move one leg in front of the other causing me to stumble and lose my balance; sometimes causing me to fall.  When I applied for the gastric bypass, my doctor supported me citing many ailments that would improve.  Even with her suggestion that it would save my life, my insurance saw it as elective cosmetic surgery.  So I applied for a grant and borrowed the rest.  It took me 3 years to pay the cost of surgery off.  And now again, even with all the added reasons why it would be beneficial in my recovery from spinal cord syndrome, my insurance

will not cover any type of surgery related to weight loss.  My husband and I have cashed in our 401K's to make up for money lost while in recovery and until disability kicked in.  But, thankful as I am, the disability isn't anywhere near what I was earning.    

I want my husband to have plastic surgery to have his face put back on!!! Amelosblastic carcinoma took his nose, top lip, upper palate, facial and forehead bones and part of his brain in 2003. It is 2008 and we cannot come up with the funds to have his face put back on.

It seems very unfair to me. I love him dearly and just want him to have a "normal" life again. I want some normalcy in MY own life a gain.

It has been so hard!

Yes i am currently 15 almost 16 and have gyne. I feel terrible about myself. I am very athletic but don't know what to do about my gyne. Plz help i really don't want to have surgery and miss sports for a long period. Plz help

Trevor

I never ever thought about plastic surgery untill i had my first child ...i was only 115 pounds before i got pregant then gained about 60 pounds ,which left me with alot of stretch marks as u can amagine..then i went on a diet lostlot of weight ,,im now 140 ,i like the size i am but i dont like all these stretchmarks that i have ever where on my body, my breast ,stomach,legs ,butt hehe ...not really funny thou..even my stomach has a lil hangin skin on it ,,that i cant believe im even tellin u guys this..I look like a shiveled up rasoin ..Im only 23 ,,and i ruined my body when i was only 18 years old and i have never been happy since,,i used to love my body ,,now im so disgused it aint funny..i cant even be intimate with my man anymore ,,i  cant wear shorts because of all my stretch marks ..i cant wear shirts that show my breast at all ,,now thats its summer i feel even more depressed ,becasue i cant take my babies to the beach because of my stupidy cause i cant wear a bathing suit ,,let alone wear shorts even..this sucks really bad and is ruining my life ,its like i was a beautiful young girl one day ,then the next a old wrinkley mom ,,its like i never had a chance to be beatuful as a mom and to fell sexy about myself ...If i had money I WOULD have plastic surgery ,,because why should someone have to suffer so much ,day after day ,,its not far ..and i wish i could do something about.