http://www.angelfire.com/tn2/Patricia/

This is a site of a woman who did have that type of surgery, she goes into a lot of detail with pictures -- it takes some time to get on it, but once you've read it you will never forget it.

She journals her entire procedure -- I think reading this will really give you a very honest look into what it entails.

She also shows pictures of two other surgeries she had to remove excess skin.