Plastic surgery consult on 8/6, they want a list of how the skin affects my life

[ACE]

I was told by the receptionist that I should write out a list of the ways that the excess skin i have affects my life so I wanted to run it by you guys and see if it makes sense And it seemed like something to write on here instead of elsewhere. I have been trying to not let the skin affect me but lately its getting more and more bothersome.
Physically my arm skin chafes and pinches and doesn't fit in my clothing with sleeves correctly and gets pinched in things or gets caught on things and i get bruises.
The skin of my breasts has gotten so loose that when I lay down on my back they are under my armpits and often they spill out of my bra when i bend forward even at times popping out of my shirt.
The skin of my abdomen pinches when i roll over in my sleep and wakes me up. It gets in the way and has gotten pinched in things like the seat belt buckle, and caught on things like door handles and leaves me with bruises. I get pimples, yeast, and boils in the skin folds and the excess skin around the middle pulls on my back and causes pain.
The skin on my upper thighs chafes and gets yeast and pimples
Emotionally: I have been overweight since pretty much since i can remember and to have come this far and lost 260 lbs is amazing but when i look in the mirror every day I don't see a fit healthy 30 year old body I see a stretched out 80 yr old body which is causing my mental state to get worse and worse because I feel like i did all this work to be left like this. I know I stretched my body and I did it to myself but I am terrified that seeing this skin every day and feeling worse and worse about myself because of it will send me back down a path i do not want to be on. For me the skin being so loose is almost an invitation to gain weight (kind of like holding onto "fat clothes") because with the excess skin I cannot see the weight i am gaining and i am simply filling out parts of my body that in my mind are already that way and I NEVER want to go there again. I feel like I am stuck day in and day out in a suit that is 10 sizes too big and there is nothing i can do to fix that on my own. I am tired of fighting skin infections from the skin folds rubbing and sweating i am tired of finding bruises on my skin where i got caught on the door knob or the railing of the stairs. I have worked so hard I have kept a consistent weight through almost 2 years and a pregnancy and I am reevaluating my diet and exercise regime to make sure I stay this way and never reach 200lbs again. I am trying to loose more weight and its is slowly happening but I have so much excess skin because of the amount of weight I have lost that I don't know what is a realistic goal for me to try to loose. I am ready to finish my transformation and finally free myself of my old demons and become the butterfly I know I can be!

I have tried to accept myself like this with all the skin but after all i have been though and done to change my life I am at a point that the skin is my last hurdle and i am not gonna stop trying to get there.

[bmiller140]

I think you have done a good job of capturing the problems.

[Ann2]

1. Needs more fungus, rashes, secretions, yeast and other infections -- that require expensive prescriptions and OTC treatments, none of which really works.

2. Needs more unsanitary, itching, embarrassing, smells, secretions -- that require expensive prescriptions and OTC drugs, none of which really work.

3. Needs more about how these conditions start out as irritations but can rapidly turn (in your hot, moisty sticky part of the world) into worse maladies and attract additional infections.

4. Some of these icky things can be transmitted to others by contact, thereby leading to local outbreaks of all this nastiness within a family, working unit, even a small society.

[ACE]

Thank you Ann2 your feedback is why i needed to post this here i knew i needed to add things but when those things are cleared up for the moment (i got lucky so far this month) I tend to forget how nasty they can be and wasn't sure how to add it so you basically gave me questions to answer I greatly appreciate that.

[Citten]

I am in awe of you. You look fabulous! Thank you for posting this and keep us informed as to how your insurance works out with this one.

[Ann2]

ACE, you're welcome. You just gotta sell it!

[Kodi's Mom]

Be careful emphasizing psychological issues, because if your insurance is like mine, this may cause you to be denied. My insurance specifically rules out psychological issues as a reason for plastics. Check your policy.

[ximmia]

I think Ann is onto something. Insurance is more likely to cover plastic surgery (and some insurances do cover more than you might think) if you can prove you're medically better off from a monetary standpoint having the surgery once than doctors appointments and prescriptions. Emphasize the physical things that the surgery will fix. I know I'm planning to.

[EMR83]

How did it go?