I have before pictures!

[grant_me_wings]

They are totally uncensored! Woo, my privates are now public! I might want to make some censored ones to share with more people. If you want to see these nakey ones, ask me and I might share the password. (The obvious warnings of NSFW and omg dangly skin and stretch marks apply

Comments

[giajean]

New to LJ....how do you see pictures? I love reading your posts!

[but_i_am_sound]

Hi :)
I've lost over 100lbs too (with more to lose) but I'm just starting to think about getting surgery. I really don't want to have my tummy muscles touched through surgery and I see you're not having that done either. Are you just getting skin removal? The whole thing stresses me out as I don't know how much money I'll need and I don't know whether I'll be covered by insurance, even though my tummy is really bad and is already causing me skin infections... sorry, tmi. Anything you could let me know would be great, obviously it'll be a bit different considering I live in Aus :( Thanks :)

[grant_me_wings]

Document the infections with your dermatologist. My insurance requires proof of skin infections in order to cover the surgery. I wash and dry under the skin really carefully, and I just haven't gotten any infections there. It really sucks, wanting an infection.

If you haven't had kids, getting the muscle reconstruction isn't as important from what I've heard. It also makes the recovery much worse, which is why I didn't want it.

For skin only on the stomach, it's probably between 6-10K US

[lilliew]

Adding you as I'm really encouraged and inspired by your weight loss and surgery journeys. I'd love to see your before pictures as your measurements seem fairly close to mine and I think I might need similar work done once I get closer to my goal weight. Thanks!