WHAT DO TO WITH EXCESS SKIN AFTER WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY?
Anytime a person loses a considerable amount of weight, they can find themselves with loose, excess skin. However, there is a major difference between the normal amount of loose skin present after traditional weight-loss methods, and the massive amount of remnant sagging skin after gastric bypass surgery or related weight-loss procedures. When extreme weight loss occurs, there can be enough excess skin remaining to create a number of issues, such as excess skin preventing people from dressing a certain way or participating in specific events. According to experts, there are two different primary types of surgery meant to deal with excess skin after weightloss. While each is a distinct procedure, they are often either confused for one-another or lumped together as similar cosmetic surgery procedures. From time to time, even doctors and insurance companies will fail to differentiate between the two, and they may tell patients that they are one and the same. As you will find, however, the
