have the same problem Obviously, 
GP sent me to see a surgeon and I was 17 stone @ 6foot 2"
surgeon said right away I need it doing and I need skin removing also as its a bad case she told me that
she couldn't operate until I have a BMI within the range of below 27 so she said I had to get down to about 15 stone or less
hopefully they will sort add me to the list now when I go next
but I think the weight you need to be is at the surgeons discretion and depending on how bad the case is
jsboob.that's the perfect name for you. some of us do actually suffer due to are problem with gyne, myself I havent left my house without some sort of coat
to cover my chest since i was 13.. 20 years ( most of this suffering in silence) so don't you dare sit there on your high horse saying that gyne should not be treated under NHS when the NHS spends more money
on drug and alcohol smoking related problems than anything and pays its managers vast sums of money with nothing said.
If you need skin excision then please do your research on the internet and know what type of scarring to expect. Generally you can get a nice flat chest which looks good in T-shirts and clothes but don't expect to avoid large, obvious scars which will still cause embarrassment if going shirtless.
I'm talking from personal experience here........... most of these guys on this website would be quite shocked at the excision scars when removing very large moobs. It is basically a male mastectomy as there is no way to cut them off without leaving scars. It is a totally different surgery than what these guys get when they have 10g of gland & 200mls of fat sucked out through an invisible 5mm cut around the nipple or armpit.
I'm not trying to be negative or scare you at all. After years of walking around with slumped shoulders, avoiding any kind of intimate contact with anyone (even hugs with family members), wearing 3 or 4 layers even in the middle of summer and basically just having HUGE breasts which were too big to conceal I am thrilled to be able to wear normal thin T-shirts to the gym and not feel ashamed - but the scars are a trade off, I still wouldn't feel comfortable going shirtless in public.
I'm just under 19st (down from 34ish) at 6ft 5.5..... I'm aiming to lose another 2st and get back down to my lowest ever weight which my GP thinks would be ideal for my height and build, but even now I would now consider myself overweight rather than obese, despite what the BMI charts say. So I would say at 17st and a slightly shorter 6'2 you fall into the same category.
So in my opinion weight loss wont make that much difference if your breasts are that large and droopy that you need skin removed, but you have to play the game and get under 27 BMI / 15st.... otherwise you are looking at 4 to 5k to have it done privately and not many surgeons have experience of taking on the really large cases anyway.
yeah I have lost what they wanted me to and am continuing to loose the weight beyond what they asked
but thats purely for me ( I want to loose it )
surgeon said she is doing it and I seen her nurse 2 weeks ago and I am at the goal but I had a lump
in my chest so I has to go for a ultra sound that turned out to be fine so upto now all is going well.
I really don't care about scaring I am not looking to go topless just being able to a T shirt would be so great
and would also be great not hearing aint you hot in that ? grrrr
@ Jon Obviously someone with cancer should get treatment over someone with gyne
but you never said that, you said that they shouldn't give gyne treatment at all you even pinned gyne treatment with a sexchange operation
they're hardly the same thing now
if government want to save money they should take it from the millions in aid the give away
and spend it on our own country
60 million for pakistan how much would that help us?
a quick google shows we are still giving huge amount of money to china who are much better off than us
