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A member asked:
Will the excess skin removed after weight loss surgery?
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Yes: Yes the excess skin is removed after weight loss, we also try complex decongestive therapy - bandaging with multiple layers and foam bandages and if this not resorb and tonify the areas that are saggy then yes the surgery helps.
Answered 7/14/2013
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Sometimes : Excess skin is removed in about 1/3 of our patients who lose about 100 pounds. This may include the belly, the upper arms, and the thighs. The belly part is often covered by insurance.
Answered 10/4/2016
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No: Not unless a plastic surgeon does it.
Answered 7/8/2012
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Lost some weight & have some hanging abdominal skin. Doc said can do push-ups & don't need surgery cause not that much & not a lot of weight loss.True?
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