Kate Does ESG

Surgeries are so expensive but often I get questions about whether or how much of it was covered by insurance and the answer is… nothing was covered by insurance and the entire journey was self-paid.

I considered going that route but genuinely wish there were more options for weight loss patients to rid of the excess skin but unfortunately it’s just not possible unless you can prove true life damaging conditions. I probably could have gotten thigh lift approved with all the rashes and UTIs I had but it would have meant less options and often not the surgeons that specialize in thigh lift plus would have taking me even longer to go thru the entire process.

Can’t blame it on the insurance alone because the doctors often don’t work with insurance and neither of those I chose did. This means as a patient your options are:

- go thru insurance to get financial support but have very little options (especially depending on whether you live) and someone who may not be skilled enough in that area

- go thru insurance to have some of it covered - for example often insurance would cover panniculectomy but not muscle repair that’s part of tummy tuck so if you want to look “snatched” that’s an additional cost on top of insurance coverage.

- go self-paid and pick your own doctor but be prepared to save which for some people may be not an option at all. Traveling to MX may definitely safe lots of money but the after care is challenging.

Curious if you are reading this and had plastic surgery, how did you pay for it and why you chose that route? Answer in poll and share more in comments: