While weight-loss surgery can be a life-changing and life-saving experience for many people, the after-effect can leave problems with sagging skin. After the fat is removed, patients still have stretched skin hanging. The surgery can also leave patients with rashes, infections, hernias and even psychological problems.
To combat these troubles, more insurance companies are now covering plastic surgery or body contouring for weight-loss surgery patients. Skin sagging can be severe, with one patient having skin from their stomach hanging below the knees, preventing her from walking. It took surgery get her out of a wheelchair.
Plastic surgery or body contouring can leave scaring.
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