I have body image issues, very much so. I am trying to learn to accept myself for the way I am. I can't change it. I can not even "work" on it getting better anymore. If we don't accept ourselves it continues to hurt us. I don't want to be hurt anymore, thinking I'm not acceptable the way I am.
Working out at the gym is good. If it is a fact you feel it makes it worse, accept it. I know easy to say. But if it can't change without harming yourself and putting yourself in a risky surgery, I'd say accept it. It would not bother any woman who is worth being with. That said, as I've said before, it takes time and you caring about yourself enough first, to find someone. And that isn't always immediate, or even necessary. Getting together with someone that isn't good for you will make you feel worse. Saying this from experience. Take care