Thoughts? Experiences? I am 58, down from 272 to 160 in 14 months. I will likely lose more but am not pushing it. I wear a medium now; I am 5'4". My body is pretty slim now but I carry some excess in my abdomen. I doubt I can justify surgery for that. The skin on my upper arms is a little droopy but that's not a huge deal. My neck drives me nuts though. It's not enough to make people stare or run away but it bugs me! It's just a saggy stretchy spot on my neck like a skinny old lady might have. I hate it! Anyone else looked into plastics?

I had a tummy tuck and panniculectomy at about 19 months post op. At that point I had lost 140ish pounds. I have before and after pictures in my blog (linked in my signature) and I think on my profile picture here. I was able to get my insurance to cover it, so I only paid my small co-insurance fee. Second to my sleeve surgery, it was the very best decision ever. It was a tough surgery to recover from , but I'm so glad I did it. I'm now in the process of trying to get my upper arms covered by insurance. After that, I think I am satisfied. :-)

My neck and arms bother me the most and will have to be dealt with. I was watching a movie with Jennifer Connelly in it and thought "I want THAT neck" haha. If only . . . sigh.

Endermologie helped my neck. There are non surgery treatment s out there. I'm so unhappy with my arms and legs. Gross. Down 50 pounds and know weight training will help but doing it us another thing ????????????

I had a tummy tuck and panniculectomy at about 19 months post op. At that point I had lost 140ish pounds. I have before and after pictures in my blog (linked in my signature) and I think on my profile picture here. I was able to get my insurance to cover it, so I only paid my small co-insurance fee. Second to my sleeve surgery, it was the very best decision ever. It was a tough surgery to recover from , but I'm so glad I did it. I'm now in the process of trying to get my upper arms covered by insurance. After that, I think I am satisfied. :-)

How long did it take for you to return to work after your tummy tuck? And did you have a job that requires heavy lifting or a lot of moving?

Edited January 3, 201610 yr by NTL44

I had a tummy tuck and panniculectomy at about 19 months post op. At that point I had lost 140ish pounds. I have before and after pictures in my blog (linked in my signature) and I think on my profile picture here. I was able to get my insurance to cover it, so I only paid my small co-insurance fee. Second to my sleeve surgery, it was the very best decision ever. It was a tough surgery to recover from , but I'm so glad I did it. I'm now in the process of trying to get my upper arms covered by insurance. After that, I think I am satisfied. :-)

How long did it take for you to return to work after your tummy tuck? And did you have a job that requires heavy lifting or a lot of moving?

I have an office job, so no heavy lifting. I originally took off 2 weeks of work, but was no where near ready to go back. In fact at that point I still had one of my drains in. I ended up being off a full month and when I went back I was ready, but walking far, bending, lifting, was still uncomfortable.