DrugBuyers.Com: Weight loss and extra skin

Hey thanks everyone.

First off all, my weight loss, although it SOUNDS significant, doesn't really seem like a big, noticable deal to those who see me regularly. My weight was carried very evenly--not an apple or pear...just even.

I wore a womens' size 18 when I was 192 and now wear size 7 at 125. Still, it is the skin in the abdomen area that bugs me. It's flabby---like a woman looks right after she's given birth (but not quite so jello-y)...it's NOT fat, just extra skin. To make matters worse, I had a c-section and hysterectomy through the same incision (on 2 different surgeries) and the scar acts like the "catch point" for that extra skin. Which makes me think that if a woman's abdominal skin goes back naturally after birth, so why not now?

I can't afford cosmetic surgery, but wonder if it couldn't be classified as medically necessary due to the huge scar I have from my surgeries.

I am still losing weight (but not intentionally) because of an extremely poor appetite. I do not have any eating disorders, just stress-related appetite loss. So I suppose doing something now about the extra skin wouldn't be wise.

Thanks again for the responses to my post. It is more a vanity issue than a medical one. By the way, I don't advocate the starvation diet I have been on. Very stressful to your heart and other organs and I'm paying for it.

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