Need excess skin removed!

Alicia2013
on 8/2/14 12:44 pm - Harrisburg, PA

I heard of a place that does the surgery for free when u donate your skin. Did anyone else hear about this?

poet_kelly
on 8/2/14 2:33 pm - OH

It's a myth. First of all, in most cases, the excess skin of obese people has been stretched and damaged so that it's not real useable. Second, in most cases when skin donations are needed, a pretty large amount is needed and so they use skin from cadavers, so they can get larger amounts.

If you want to donate your skin, it might be possible. That does not mean anyone will pay for your skin removal, though. It's like, when my hair was really long and I got it cut short, I donated it to a place that makes wigs for people with cancer. I still had to pay for the hair cut, though.

Kelly

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