BMI ?

I have a BMI of 65 and I was wondering will I have to have plastic surgery afterwards. I will be have the bypass soon. In progress of getting approval so a date should be soon. I am 5'7" with most of my weight in my but and a small to medium stomach. Any advice is welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone is different and it all depends upon how you feel once the weight comes off.  If you have not been ssmo for a long time it is possible some of the skin may recover, but for the most part it is difficult for the sskin to recover once it has been stretched that far.  Your age also has a lot to do with how your skin will react after the weight loss has occured.

Jennifer

I still have 100 pounds left to lose and my husband has already committed to do whatever I want for my body.  Stomach is a definite.  Then the girls need to go back where they belong.  I really hate my thighs, but I've seen the shows and the recovery looks brutal.  I've been SMO for 15+ years and there's no way my stretch-marked, super flabby skin is going to snap back, but it's alot better than I expected it would be.  I expected my gut would be hanging down a lot lower than it is.

I'm only about 1/3 of the way through my weight loss (my ticker lies, I set the goal weight high on it) and I can already tell that plastics are going to be in my future.  My bat wings are ginormous and I can make pleats with the extra skin on my boobies (which are now on my stomach as I've instructed my husband).  I, too, am impressed with how well my stomach is rebounding.  It's gonna have to be done too but I've lost a lot of inches in that area.

Like others said, it's up to you how much you want to deal with it.  I've got a long way to go yet and then after I'm stable weight wise I want to try to have a baby so plastics will be a ways down the road.  By then, maybe I just won't give a crap about the flappy skin, but I doubt it.

I was appalled yesterday when I was doing solo water aeobics in the pool. My upper thighs felt kinda odd. Well, no one was around, so I reached down and checked. I now have inner thigh flaps that want to float. Like batwings only on my legs. When I was moving, what I was feeling was the water resistance as they flopped merrily along. Can you say ewwwww?

On land, the effect is not too bad --- yet. I've looked at the plastics leg pics too, and I agree with Kathy, that looks really painful. Well, I'll deal with it if I have to - what choice do I have? Tight leggins for these rest of my life?

isn't it totally bizarre how that loose stuff wants to float???? that really, really freaked me out when i decided to take my first bath in 20 years, and i had skin from all over the place wanting to float. phew, that was a weird thing i wasn't expecting at all.

the thighs are a tough surgery, but (in my opinion) worth it! i'm so happy with my new thighs. just walking is so different and wonderful.  i've worn shorts outside my house for the first time since childhood. and when i wear cordoroy pants, there's no swishing sound effects.

deb

I don't wear cordoroy pants for fear of catching on fire for all of the friction!

indeed i do know what you're talking about! the cordoroy experience is a new one for me.

Totally wierd about the floating skin. I don't mind at all if the girls want to float, but the other bits should stay where they belong - LOL.

You mean that cordoury is not meant to swish?

We're all so different it's hard to say.

My BMI was right there where yours is and people are always amazed when I tell them I've lost 200 pounds. When I'm fully clothed you can't see the loose skin. My arms and neck look very good. Now undressed that's a totally different story. You know clothes hide a multitude of sins!
 
I could use a tummy tuck and breast lift, and of course my legs will never be beautiful or "normal," after the years of weight they had to carry. My DR asked if I wanted plastics, I said the day my husband starts complaining or the rashes get too bad is the day I'll think about it.