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02-13-2008, 09:48 AM
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| Whipper Snapper  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: London England
Posts: 16
Feb 08 Surgery Date:
Height: Body Mass Index 35.5 BMI Start:
  |  Excess Skin Hi everyone me again, Have just been wondering about excess skin. With all the weight that I am hopefully going to lose what happens to the skin (am particularly thinking tops of arms, tummy, thighs etc. Do people go on to have nips and tucks or what? Am hoping that as I am still reasonably young there is still some elasticity left and some of it will pop back to where it once was but you never know. If you are someone who has lost a lot of weight how did you deal with this - I would be really interested to know thanx
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02-13-2008, 10:16 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Posts: 7,556
Weight Statistics 4/1/07 Start Date:
4/19/07 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 258 lb Start Weight:
165 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
93 lb Weight Loss:
36.0465116279 % % Lost:
04/19/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 38.0957781979 BMI Start:
24.36357908 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | well, what happends to it is, it hangs lol. i wear a girdle type thingy now otherwise my stomach skin will hang down over my waist band of my pants. but everyone is different. some people's skin snaps back over time. its not so bad.
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02-13-2008, 10:30 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama
Posts: 2,542
Weight Statistics 9/28/07 Start Date:
9/28/07 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 279 lb Start Weight:
189 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
90 lb Weight Loss:
24 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.2580645161 % % Lost:
18 months Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 45.0268595041 BMI Start:
30.5020661157 BMI Current:
26.6287878788 BMI Goal:
| I was just talking to my sister about my skin. I'm already beginning to look like an old woman, I the bad thing is that I work out at the gym 4-5 times a week. What's up with that?
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02-13-2008, 11:10 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: May 2007 Location: minnesota
Posts: 4,307
Weight Statistics july 21, 2007 Start Date:
august 17, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 339 lb Start Weight:
179 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
160 lb Weight Loss:
19 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.197640118 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 54.7100550964 BMI Start:
28.8882001837 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | this has been posted a couple times before...it always helps to exercize and lift weights...im not saying this will take care of all but it sure does help! also i had asked my doc about this and he said that alot of the skin will firm over time, alot of ppl dont relize that we lose so fast and it takes the skin longer to adjust. he said i will probably need the tummy done, if i want but patience is the best, give it time and see where you are!!
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02-13-2008, 11:17 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hawaii
Posts: 3,850
Blog Entries: 9 Weight Statistics 07/23/2007 Start Date:
July 23, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 2" Height: 230 lb Start Weight:
120 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
110 lb Weight Loss:
-5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.8260869565 % % Lost:
June 23 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.0629552549 BMI Start:
21.9458896982 BMI Current:
22.860301769 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I cant remember who said it but one of our gals said "I look like a melting candle" that sums it up perfect on my end |
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02-13-2008, 12:06 PM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: coarsegold california
Posts: 1,414
Weight Statistics 8/23/07 Start Date:
8/22/07 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 315 lb Start Weight:
193 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
122 lb Weight Loss:
23 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.7301587302 % % Lost:
I have no idea Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 49.3305858766 BMI Start:
30.2247716641 BMI Current:
26.6228558699 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I already have plans to tummy tuck and upper arm tuck. Some people dont need any tucks, the skin goes back, but it all depends on where you gained most and if the skin was stretched too much. My cousin had GBS before I did and lost about the same I am hoping to and she never had any stretched skin, she is a few years younger than me, and she carried her weight in different places than me.
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02-13-2008, 12:41 PM
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| Big Loser  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Watertown, NY
Posts: 125
Weight Statistics 5/07 Start Date:
8/1/07 Surgery Date:
5' 2" Height: 225 lb Start Weight:
137 lb Current Weight:
132 lb Goal Weight:
88 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.1111111111 % % Lost:
8/1/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 41.1485431842 BMI Start:
25.0548907388 BMI Current:
24.1404786681 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I'm pretty happy with how my skin is going back, my arms are kind of flappy but not too bad I just started to go to the gym.
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02-13-2008, 01:10 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 3,576
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8" Height: 280 lb Start Weight:
142 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
138 lb Weight Loss:
-8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
49.2857142857 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.5692041522 BMI Start:
21.5886678201 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | depends on your age and your skin pigment...and whether or not the skin has ever stretched (my stomach has stretch marks from 2 pregnancies and no matter how much I work out, it ain't EVER going back). I plan on a tummy tuck, brachioplasty (arm lift) possibly thigh/breast/tush lifts...I have even contemplated the full body lift...but they are expensive...I just don't wanna have 17 more surgeries...so who knows....I'm interviewing plastic surgeons now....but I have to wait to reach goal, then maintain for 6 months before I do ANYTHING. (it will be the end of this year or next year)...... I do know...I look great with clothes on....naked me scares the daylights outta me LOL!! |
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02-13-2008, 02:40 PM
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| Whipper Snapper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: London England
Posts: 16
Feb 08 Surgery Date:
Height: Body Mass Index 35.5 BMI Start:
| HI Kath, I have to say you look amazing and if I can look half as good with clothes on then its a start as at the moment I look awful  Ah well have to try and keep positive
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02-13-2008, 03:32 PM
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| Whipper Snapper  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Woodstock, ON, Canada
Posts: 38
Weight Statistics July 2007 Start Date:
Sept 21, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8" Height: 267 lb Start Weight:
182 lb Current Weight:
164 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
18 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.8352059925 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 40.5927768166 BMI Start:
27.669982699 BMI Current:
24.9333910035 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | This is something that is difficult to predict. My skin is doing a lot better than I expected. I have about 30 lbs more to go and so far it looks like I won't need any surgery. Tonya
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