I have a huge, wrinkly, baggy tum (I could practically throw it over my shoulder!) which was a result of a 44 week pregnancy (the docs wouldn't go with my dates) eight years ago. I have since lost about three stones but the stretch marks which extend past belly button and beyond my pubes (I actually don't know where they end!). The damage as a result of my pregnancy was beyond anything I had anticipated. My GP said I would qualify on the NHS for a TT when I consulted her two years ago. But working in cancer care for the NHS, I saw how over-stretched it is, and I really felt that I couldn't ask for what is essentially a cosmetic procedure to make me 'feel' better about my looks, when there are so many surgeries for truly life-threatening conditions, required. So I can kind of understand the PCTs not prioritising cosmetic surgery, and I have now been saving avidly for the last two years to afford a TT and am hoping to have it at the end of this year. I have an area under the overhang which has become thinned and discoloured from repeated skin infections, and I really can't wait to have it dealt with. I love your flatness Sian - it is inspiring to see that your recovery has been so quick too - it would be great to hear more stories too, if anyone else has done it?