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03-04-2007, 10:34 AM
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#1 | | Registered User Thread Starter
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City: San Antonio State: Texas |  What to do with all that skin
Check with your plastic surgeon about being a skin donor. The skin is one of the most important organs of the body and skin is badly needed all the time for grafts. I saw this suggestion smewhere on the web while I was researching weight loss surgery, though I can't find it again, of course. However, it's worth asking about. Possible answers are yes, no, and maybe.
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03-04-2007, 10:41 AM
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I also heard at one time that burned patients need our skin but they found that streched out skin does no good for patients. It makes sense to me.
Josephine
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03-04-2007, 10:59 AM
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....I was trying to leave a bucket or 2 of mine down at the Goodwill donations place, but they didn't seem to want it.....
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03-06-2007, 01:21 PM
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#4 | | Banded 11/16/05 in Dallas
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Jack you crack me up!
We cut 7 lbs of skin off my belly but it is nothing that anyone would want!
__________________ Spydr 292/184/141 Banded 11-16-05 Dr Jayaseelan Dallas, TX 14cc Band First Fill 12-14-05 to 6cc Second Fill 1-14-06 to 8cc Third Fill 3-16-06 to 10.5cc Fourth Fill 4-20-06 to 11.5cc Unfill 5-25-06 to 11 cc Fifth Fill 6-1-06 to 12 cc Unfill 7-7-06 to 11.5cc Fill 11-16-06 to 12cc Unfill 04-09-07 to 10cc Plastic Surgery 02-23-07 Breast Lift and Tummy Tuck Dr David Liland in Dallas, Tx www.drliland.com | |
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01-18-2008, 10:29 PM
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#5 | | Plastic Surgeon
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The skin can be used for many purposes, regardless of it's stretched out condition. Check Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation and see if your PS participates.
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01-19-2008, 05:40 PM
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#6 | | Registered User
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Dr.J maybe you can answer this question for me. My friend has lost a ton of weight, on her own God Bless her, and her sister said that she heard from one of the horses mouths that a burn foundation here in GA would do her PS surgery for free so that they could use the skin for grafting. I have tried to research this online but to no avail. Is this heard of? Can they really use it, and if so would they do it for FREE?
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01-20-2008, 07:42 AM
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#7 | | Plastic Surgeon
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Hi. As I'd mentioned in another post, it is illegal to sell human body parts or trade them for anything of value...like free surgery.
There is a foundation that offer information about this: Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation.
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01-20-2008, 08:19 AM
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#8 | | Registered User
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Thank you so much Dr.J!
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