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After massive weight loss, patients often experience excess skin around the midsection which can lead to skin rashes & irration, discomfort and other problems. This is known as the pannus. Many patients who have lost weight from lap band surgery, gastric bypass or the natural way, visit plastic surgeons to discuss their options for correcting this problem. Our board certified plastic surgeons offer complimentary consulations in Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire/ San Bernardino at our Beverly Hills, Brea, Upland and Riverside locations. To schedule your appointment, please call (866) 372-3288.

WHAT IS A PANNICULECTOMY?

A panniculectomy is a surgical procedure performed to rid of the excess skin around the mid section called the pannus. Typically the pannus extends around the abdomen to the back and causes skin irritation amongst other problems. The pannus is removed by making an incision similar to that of a tummy tuck and extending it around to the back of the body as far as the excess skin occurs. This procedure is performed as an outpatient surgery under general anesthesia administed by a board certified doctor anesthesiologist. Oftentime, it is also performed alonside other body lift procedures such as a breast lift, breast reduction or thigh lift.

PANNICULECTOMY VS. TUMMY TUCK

Both panniculectomy and tummy tuck procedures are similar in nature, in that they both remove excess skin around the mid-section to achieve a flatter abdomen. However, a tummy tuck addresses concerns with muscle laxity (diastasis), while a panniculectomy only addresses the excess skin and tissue of the pannus. Depending on your goals, your plastic surgeon will discuss realistically which procedure is best for you. In some cases massive weight loss patients will first require a panniculectomy, followed by a tummy tuck to tighten the muscles 6 months to a year later.

Panniculectomy covered by insurance

In many cases, panniculectomy surgery is covered by insurance. In order to qualify, insurance companies often require documentation from medical providers relating to weight loss and/or weight loss surgery, irriatation of the skin or other problems that affect everyday life. Most insurance companies also require photos before your procedure in order to authorize the procedure to be performed. The board certified plastic surgeons at California Surgical Insitute accept PPO insurance. Please fill out the form below for your free insurance verification to determine if your are eligable for panniculectomy with insurance and to determine which type of copay you may have. The plastic surgeons at California Surgical Institute's Beverly Hills, Upland, Brea and Riverside Clinics (respectively our Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside County locations) offer Complimentary Consultations to answer any questions you may have. To schedule your appointment, please call 866-372-3288 or submit the form at the top of the page.

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How many waist sizes is 10 pounds?

Every 10 pounds lost was accompanied by 1.18 inches of waistline reduction.

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REDDITORS’ BEFORE AND AFTER MEASUREMENTS ANALYZED

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How many pounds do you need to lose in order to reduce your waistline by one inch? How many kilos do you need to lose to reduce your waistline by one centimeter?

We wanted to find out. We were having trouble finding published data (though we are expecting some soon), so we turned to Reddit, where the progresspics subreddit contains people’s before-and-after weight change stories. Most posts contain only pictures, but if you do some web scraping, you can find cases in which people post their before-and-after waist measurements. We found 46 such cases, typed them up, ran them through R, tidyr, dplyr, and ggplot and made the picture above. Multiple regression tells us that on average, for every 8.5 pounds lost, people dropped an inch off their waist. (And for every 1.5 kilograms lost, people dropped a centimeter off their waist.) Every 10 pounds lost was accompanied by 1.18 inches of waistline reduction. (Every 5 kg lost was accompanied by 3.33 cm of waistline reduction.) The picture is a bit rosier for those who were losing smaller amounts (under 55 pounds or 25 kg): They only had to lose 6.1 pounds to lose an inch (or 1.1 kg to lose a centimeter).

Want to see the data split out by gender? Voila:

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Want to make this graph yourself? OK.

Why am I doing this? Hal are following up our face morphing stuff with body morphing stuff. The post What size will you be after you lose weight? appeared first on Decision Science News.

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