I now have a lot of skin on my upper arms. And if I didn't have the inner tube around my hips, I could be in a size 8 by now. Why do I have to wait if I have the money to get it done now??

Part of it is to make sure that your weight is stable, as you don't want to have to go through it again if you lose more weight, and it often takes a while for our weight to stabilize once we get to goal - overshooting the mark some and regaining a bit to get to our stable weight. Also, once we do stop losing, things tend to redistribute some, so for best results, it is good to wait for upwards of a year after reaching goal before getting into plastics.

As with most things in life, compromises can be made to meet different circumstances - some have had a window of time to do it early before getting into longer term work or school commitments, or have had such an extreme panni problem that they needed to do that part early for functional reasons, and then go back later to finish things up with an LBL, thighs, arms, etc.

I hit goal in Feb 2013... I can tell from photos that my shape has changed since then. I have had several people say they thought i had lost more weight - I really hadn't, but your form does change.

I have read more about this though and current thinking in plastic surgery that waiting a year really isn't necessary. Why not go for a consult and ask the professional this?

My sister thought she was at goal and had her TT... yeah, now she's wishing she'd have waited. She needs another one. I'll definitely be waiting after seeing how she lost more weight and needs another one. There is no way I'm going through that type of recovery twice.