Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Posted April 19, 2006 Kasie, Not to be a buttinski but where do I go on the 'net to find a burn center that would take all my lovely skin? I never thought of that!! That is a great idea. Sort of recycling to the nth degree!! Cool!! Sandy __________________________________________________ Quote
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Posted April 19, 2006 Sandy~ Buttinski all you want. It's a great piece of info. I believe you want a university hosital with a burn center. So, I guess, do a search for that. You call them and specify you want someone that will not butcher your lovely abdomen. I will see if i can find the info that I have. i am drugged, so give me a few days to a week. Let me know if you find anything. Kasie Sandy Bice wrote: Kasie, Not to be a buttinski but where do I go on the 'net to find a burn center that would take all my lovely skin? I never thought of that!! That is a great idea. Sort of recycling to the nth degree!! Cool!! Sandy __________________________________________________ Quote
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Posted April 19, 2006 I don't believe that burn centers really want the extra skin. You can call but from what I have read they really aren't interested. Carol Sly, Palmer AK --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. Quote
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Posted April 19, 2006 Sorry but our skin is unusable. This has been an urban ledgend for years. I HAVE enough....I Do enough...I AM enough And this was TRUE the day I was born . _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Posted April 19, 2006 I have also heard that the burn center route is a myth. Of course, it certainly doesn't hurt to investigate. It may vary from state to state or even from facility to facility. Sometimes the insurance companys will not pay for tummy tucks unless there is a medical reason (i.e. rashes, boils, etc.) Skin that must be removed for medical reasons won't be in good shape. I had mine removed and it had scars on it from folliculitis and I was also very prone to yeasty type infections. No one would have wanted to use my skin. Carol Sly wrote: I don't believe that burn centers really want the extra skin. You can call but from what I have read they really aren't interested. Carol Sly, Palmer AK --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. Quote
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Posted April 19, 2006 I received the information from the psychiatrist that does the Evaluations for the WLS program here in Springfeidl, MO. Carol Sly wrote: I don't believe that burn centers really want the extra skin. You can call but from what I have read they really aren't interested. Carol Sly, Palmer AK --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. Quote
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2006 Report Posted April 20, 2006 ery true. Burn centers do NOT accept excess skin for free plastic surgery. I just posted info about this. Robyn I don't believe that burn centers really want the extra skin. You can call but from what I have read they really aren't interested. > > Carol Sly, Palmer AK > > > --------------------------------- > New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. > > Quote
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2006 Report Posted April 20, 2006 Can I donate excess skin to a skin bank? Question: I recently lost a great deal of weight and I have a lots of excess skin. Can I donate my excess skin to a skin bank to help burn patients? Will a tissue bank pay for my skin reduction surgery if I agree to donate my tissue? Answer: These questions are asked quite often by individuals who have lost large amounts of weight and have excess skin folds. We appreciate your desire to donate. However, this kind of donation is unworkable. Allow me to explain why, and to give you an alternative. Our tissue bank does not obtain skin from these patients for several reasons. First, this method of obtaining skin is cost prohibitive. The amount of transplantable tissue obtained from tissue reduction surgery is minimal when compared to the amount of tissue obtained from a cadaveric (deceased) tissue donor. The procurement costs would be much greater as it would require the services of doctors, nurses, anesthetists, and other health care professionals as well as the use of an operating room and other hospital services. Cadaveric donation requires only trained tissue recovery technicians, and they can procure tissue after the body has been sent to the morgue (rather than in an operating room), thus keeping expenses to a minimum. Additionally, cadaveric donated tissue can be used for transplant soon after recovery (as soon as quality assurance testing is complete), but the FDA requires that tissues recovered from living donors must be placed into quarantine for six months. At the end of six months, all serologic testing (HIV and Hepatitis) must be repeated before that tissue can be used. It is virtually impossible to obtain a skin graft from tissue than has been removed during tissue reduction surgery. The usual procedure for tissue reduction surgery involves the removal of skin and underlying attached tissues, but skin grafts used for transplant are only 15/1000 (0.015) of an inch thick and do not include these underlying tissues. Skin grafts for transplant are procured by the use of a surgical device called a dermatome, which peels off a very thin (0.015 inch), uniform layer of skin, and it only works on skin that is stretched taut over and firmly attached to muscles, such as in the back, arms, and legs. Very few people have an abdomen taut enough to permit skin tissue recovery. Skin folds (such as those removed when someone has lost a large amount of weight) lack the firm attachment to underlying tissues, and so the dermatome can't work properly. I do not know of any tissue bank that would pay for a donor's tissue reduction surgical expenses for the purpose of obtaining skin for transplantation. I would like to encourage you to be sure that your family knows you would like to donate your tissues upon death. Your gift can save lives and greatly reduce suffering. ( click here to learn more about skin and also learn about the tissue shortage). Tom Taddonio Director, University of Michigan Skin Bank > > Kerri~ > > 4. If you have skin issues, there are burn centers that will provide a tummy tuck for free in exchange for the donation of your skin for burn victims. > Personally, after surgery last week, I think I will skip any skin surgeries regardless of what my skin does post weight loss. I guess i won't really know until I get there. Best of luck and I hop my 2 cents helps! > ~Kasie Quote
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2006 Report Posted April 20, 2006 Thank you . Old legends die hard. Robyn > > Sorry but our skin is unusable. This has been an urban ledgend for years. > > > > > > I HAVE enough....I Do enough...I AM enough > And this was TRUE the day I was born . > > _________________________________________________________________ > Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® > Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp? cid=3963 > Quote
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