tummy tucks

ellybelly89

my mother had it on the NHS. She's had 6 kids and an enormous amount of excess skin. SHe has a scar across her above her bikini line and had a new belly button made. she now has the flat belly she wasn't able to achieve because of the several kilograms of excess skin.

Edinburghlass_2

Someone here had some surgery done in Turkey at a cost of £4,500.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=4316458&postcount=3

TAG

frizz_head wrote: »

She couldn't drive for 3 weeks afterwards and she was fine. She said, compared to the c-sections, the recovery was a breeze.

Of course, depending on how far you can push it, I would say sofa rest for at least 6 months. :whistle:

Not sure where you are located, but she had her's done at the Reading Capio Hospital - after getting a referral from her GP.

I just wondered as all the stories I've heard is how painful it is etc stc.

I fully intend to have one when finances allow it. After 4 kids no matter what exercise or diet I do I just can't get it to go.:o It's just an 'apron' of over stretched skin that's had it basically.:mad:

It gets me down clothes wise. Though I have found that low rise jeans amazingly enough do help to disguse it.

And sofa rest for 6 months sounds appealing too :j

angel

My mum had one three or four years ago and despite having a very high pain threshold she said that it was the worst pain that she's ever known. It certainly isn't a small operation to recover from.

The interesting thing os that although she has always been a size 10 and very slim, the fat cells from her tummy have been forced to the side and now she has big hips which are out of proportion to her previous figure. Very odd but worth thinking about. I guess that's why celebrities have to have lipo so often.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

No offence byt tummy tucks shouldn't under any circumstances be available on the NHS. It's difficult enough getting funding for serious illnesses ect.

Penny-Pincher!!

the_devil_made_me_do_it wrote: »

No offence byt tummy tucks shouldn't under any circumstances be available on the NHS. It's difficult enough getting funding for serious illnesses ect.

Why not?

PP
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the_devil_made_me_do_it

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

Why not?

PP
xx

Well why should the NHS pay for cosmetic surgery?? Having loose skin isn't life threatening for starters. I'm not a skinny minny either but I'd never dream of approching my local PCT asking for funding for a cosmetic procedure. The NHS won't even fund people to have laser eye surgery, so why on earth should they fund for a tummy tuck?? We'll all have one if they do, I could do with some loose skin removing, infact lipo wouldn't go a miss either and a boob job.

Penny-Pincher!!

the_devil_made_me_do_it wrote: »

Well why should the NHS pay for cosmetic surgery?? Having loose skin isn't life threatening for starters. I'm not a skinny minny either but I'd never dream of approching my local PCT asking for funding for a cosmetic procedure. The NHS won't even fund people to have laser eye surgery, so why on earth should they fund for a tummy tuck?? We'll all have one if they do, I could do with some loose skin removing, infact lipo wouldn't go a miss either and a boob job.

Actually you are correct in stating that loose skin isnt life threatening, but the bacteria infections it can cause could be! I do have several life threatning illnesses and I have no immune system as I am currently taking auto-immune suppressants. This means my body cant fight any infection and attacks my organs.

I mentioned about my tummy a few months ago to one of my consultants as I was getting a repeat infection in my tummy button where the skin hangs over it. We have tried numerous treatments and nothing has worked. If I left the infection and did nothing it would become worse, cause blood poisoning and could kill me!

My local PCT didnt support me a few years ago when I needed an operation, so I paid private and have paid private many other times too. I am no longer able to work, my husband is my FT carer and we live on Income Support. Since leaving school I have always paid tax and NI.

My DD (12) is legally blind in one eye and partially sighted in the other, so I know what you mean about the laser eye surgery....but if she needed it, then we would find a way to pay it.

My TT will hopefully be done on the NHS, but if for some reason they will not, then I will just have to save and pay.

PP
xx

back2square1

I have been to see a GP twice over the last year and asked about a tummy tuck. My first visit was just before a holiday and I was told to just wear an oversized tshirt over my swimsuit if I was so conscious of my body! On my 2nd visit a year later I was told there was no way I could have it on NHS but given telephone number of surgeon at nearest BUPA hospital who would be able to give me a tummy tuck if I paid.

My first baby was 11lb which stretched my belly no end (I am naturally a size 8-10), but after the caesarean of my second child I have been left with an awful overhang of skin. No amount of exercise, dieting, expensive creams will get rid of this embarrassing belly. If I tilt slightly to one side my whole belly will fall to one side.

I would love to have a tummy tuck because I am only 31 and I am very conscious of my body. My children think its hilarious, they love to play with my "wibbly wobbly jelly belly", as they call it. They laugh their socks off when they touch it. I don't take it to heart because I know they are not being mean.

I would like to know who is a good surgeon at tummy tucks, because all surgeons are good at what they do but some are better at certain types of cosmetic surgery than others. Does anyone know who is the best at tummy tucks? Or how do I find out

N71

back2square1 wrote: »

I have been to see a GP twice over the last year and asked about a tummy tuck. My first visit was just before a holiday and I was told to just wear an oversized tshirt over my swimsuit if I was so conscious of my body! On my 2nd visit a year later I was told there was no way I could have it on NHS but given telephone number of surgeon at nearest BUPA hospital who would be able to give me a tummy tuck if I paid.

My first baby was 11lb which stretched my belly no end (I am naturally a size 8-10), but after the caesarean of my second child I have been left with an awful overhang of skin. No amount of exercise, dieting, expensive creams will get rid of this embarrassing belly. If I tilt slightly to one side my whole belly will fall to one side.

I would love to have a tummy tuck because I am only 31 and I am very conscious of my body. My children think its hilarious, they love to play with my "wibbly wobbly jelly belly", as they call it. They laugh their socks off when they touch it. I don't take it to heart because I know they are not being mean.

I would like to know who is a good surgeon at tummy tucks, because all surgeons are good at what they do but some are better at certain types of cosmetic surgery than others. Does anyone know who is the best at tummy tucks? Or how do I find out

When I was in hospital having DS by C-section 10 years ago, there was a young girl in the next bed.
She was 19, about to have her 3rd c-section to deliver her twins. The surgeon came up to see her and said as it was her 3rd c-section, and she was being sterilised 'while he was in there', he could remove some of her excess skin for her.

It may be a bit drastic - but maybe having a few more c-sections, the surgeon might sew up your last one a bit tighter, and remove a bit of excess skin!!! :shocked: :shocked: