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I want a Tummy Tuck & my BMI is over 40. Should I have reservations that one doctor will do the surgery and another will not?

Jamiewentz18
I lost 100 lbs from gastric bypass in 2012. I had a consultation with a plastic surgeron and he is going to do my pannalectamy and abdominalplasty. My bmi is 43.3 and another surgeron said she wouldn't touch me unless I was under 175 lbs. I have bad rashes and the extra skin is killing my back. 

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