Plastic Surgery after Weight Loss Surgery: 4 important tips

My mentor and friend Sandi and I recently started blogging about our experiences as long-term successful Lap-Band® patients. Sandi who has been maintaining a 250 lb weight loss with the help of her Lap-Band®, (yes, you read that correctly, 250 lbs lost, and maintaining) is writing about her experiences with plastic surgery. These are her tips for anyone considering plastic surgery after weight loss surgery.

1. Interview several doctors. You have to know what the possibilities are before you can make a selection that works for you.

2. Access is important - you will need follow up care for drain removal, etc. so you need to know before surgery how you will handle your follow up.

3. Experience with Weight Loss Surgery Patients is important. We come with our own unique challenges to plastic surgeons so the more surgery after weight loss your selected surgeon has done, the more familiar with our population your surgeon will be.

4. You must be totally comfortable with this doctor. You want someone who is compassionate, skilled and available. You are entrusting your life to this person as well as your emotional well being.

If you want to learn more about her experiences, here’s the link to her first post about plastic surgery after WLS: Maintaining #002: Plastic Surgery After Gastric Banding Or……. To Nip And Tuck Or Not To Nip And Tuck