Will Insurance Cover Excess Skin Removal if It's Causing Me Discomfort After Exercising?

July 17, 2012

I'm a 22 year old 6ft1 male, and 3 years ago I went from being 315lbs to 190lbs. Now I have a lot of loose skin on my arms, abdomen, pecs, butt, and thighs. I recently started to do sit ups for the first time, and after a few days of doing them the skin on my butt started to break causing a painful cut and bruise. I guess that when I sit down sometimes my cheeks get squished together and I suppose if its a hard surface the skin will break.

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