6 month surgiversary - with progress pics!

None of my body has been photoshopped, just the background because anonymity is important to me. This comment and the likes it got feels mean spirited.

That said, I have changed the picture to the unblurred original version. I don't want anybody to get the impression that I feel the need to photoshop my body - I've worked too hard for that.

We've ALL worked hard for our losses. Do you see how, on OH among obese people, most of whom have some insecurities about their forms, how the appearance of a possibly altered photo could cause comment?

Julie asked a valid question. I thought the same thing. Not to be mean, as you feel, but because it seemed to look much different. Your skin tone seemed off and the lighting was strange.

Actually if someone photo shopped pictures it gives pre-ops and new post-ops a false sense of what they have to look forward to.

So many are concerned about saggy skin after excessive weight loss that they may now think WOW I have nothing to worry about my skin is going to spring right back to when I was a teen. That for many of us on here is not the case. Some may not have a large amount of saggy, wrinkly skin, but they do have it. Tell me how disappointed would you be if you lost 80lbs and had saggy skin when you thought you wouldn't?

I am not saying that is what the OP did, but the blurring made some question it. Julie's reply was not mean spirited she just asked a simple question.

If you have an issue with me, I would appreciate it if you let me know directly, rather than in response to someone else's comment. Thanks! :)

Um the OP before she edited her post stated she put her after photos through a filter and that is what caused the blur in the original after photos so that was some sort of photo shopping intentional or not.

Julie suggested she not do that so people could see the after photo more accurately. Then the OP got her panties bunched up and accused Julie of being mean. Which is not true, Julie is one of the nicest folks on OH.

I would love for you to show me all the "mean" comments Julie posts. I have been on here for numerous years and I have seen many, many posts by Julie and none have been mean.

It may not have any bearing on YOUR success, but there are many that would feel disappointed and struggle with the skin afterwards when it doesn't "spring" back. Some would even feel they were lied to.

And this is the reason why editing a post sucks. People don't get see what any OP originally wrote when they turn around and edit things out.

I did not photoshop my body. I'm am not lying or being deceptive. I edited my post because this thread specifically asked for pictures without the background blurred

Tone is difficult to judge in written form. I think you are reading something that doesn't exist. No one is piling on.

The OP's photo looked odd. It is reasonable to question it because, as LG and Julie both stated, it gives a false impression, which is at best disingenuous and at worse deliberately deceptive.

I did not photoshop my body. I am not being deceptive.

Oh, jiminy Christmas. You are deliberately misunderstanding. Your picture looked odd; you were questioned on it. You provided a different picture, which answered questions we had. Mystery solved.

Congratulations on your progress. You look fabulous.