r/The10thDentist • u/slclgbt • 1d ago

Society/Culture Healthy weight loss should be rewarded with free/optional excess skin removal and other elective cosmetic surgeries.

I want to make it clear that there is nothing wrong with excess skin or stretch marks. They are 100% natural, especially if someone is loosing weight or battling obesity.

But I think it would be a huge incentive to those wanting to get healthier if they knew any excess skin they may have can be removed if they would like it to be (without costing an arm and a leg).

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u/concernedworker123 1d ago

If we have the ability to make a widespread component of healthcare free, that is not the most impactful one to pick. It’s not even close.

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u/slclgbt 1d ago

You’re right and I hear you, but I don’t think it’s impossible to have a world where folks can get free insulin/medication/life saving surgeries etc as well as free/affordable elective surgeries to improve the quality of their lives.

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u/concernedworker123 1d ago

Yes but if you have to pick you should pick the life-saving ones and forfeit the others.