I finally picked a surgeon here in NJ who is amazing (Dr. Capella). I think he wrote a few textbooks on post-weight loss reconstruction. He's certainly done hundreds of them, and I trust him completely.

My lower body lift is scheduled for August 8th. Honestly, I dreamed about this, but never in a million years thought it would happen to me. I've lost all my excess weight but figured it would be YEARS before I could even start to think about doing an LBL, but this year I forced myself to get over my financial fears and just do it.

Now I'm looking for advice on what I can do pre-op to make recovery easier. I want to hear what worked for you, both pre and post-op. I'd also like to know if you felt it was worth the pain and financial cost to have it done? I've had a hanging pannus since I was 8 (I'm 35 now), so I can't even imagine life without my belly fat!!!

I'm all ears!!!

I definitely think it was worth the pain and money and I even had complications that made my life miserable for a lot longer than most! Those are all a distant memory now and I only have two more payments left on the loan I took out for plastics. So it is definitely well worth it now that I an clear of the pain, almost clear of the financial stress, and still enjoying my results every single day!

I think I am scheduling mine for September. I fear it is a little early (I will only be 15 months post-op) but dr said I was a good candidate and was at a great weight for it. (He said I would be fine if I didn't lose anymore but if I was going to lose more to do it before surgery and to only lose 5 to 10 pounds most.) I am scared and anxious too! Will be anxious to hear how your procedure and recovery goes!