(1.) Can any doctors on here perform an Panniculectomy & Breast Lift surgery on a healthy person who has loss 75-100 Lbs naturally within a weight of 350-400 LBS. (2.) Looking for a Plastic Surgeons on here for Panniculectomy and Breast Lift procedures near Indiana,Ohio,Kentucky, or Tennessee.
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Agreed. You should go with the pannic for health reasons and insurance completely covers that procedure. Adding a tummy tuck is additional cost and is cosmetic. Children in the future is also a key thing to know - wait until after kids to have your TT to maximize your result and...
Yes, you sound like a good candidate and a pannic will usually help. It's just a matter of seeing if Medicaid will approve it - sometimes they will and other times they won't. If you can afford better insurance then you can make sure you get one that covers pannics. Otherwise...
It certainly is recommended that you be at your lowest maintainable weight when you do the tummy tuck. It would be possible to do the panniculectomy before then. As long as you are still able to lose a significant amount of additional weight, the tummy tuck should still be successful.