After WLS & Plastic Surgery

How many people have went through plastic surgery after WLS, & How many people are considering it? Im so scared I'm gonna look a mess!! Even if you have not had plastic surgery, does anyone have before & after pics from WLS? (w/ or w/o surgery)

No plastic surgery for me.
Can't afford it and with exercise I don't think I look too bad.
I do wear bathing suits and sleeveless tops and baby I let it all hang out. I'm almost 54 (in Feb.) and skin does not bother me. No one is going to see me naked except my hubby and he is a real man and doesn't mind my skin...that's it, it's just skin and I refuse to go down the path of plastics. I'm comfortable with my body and so "is my head".

I loved myself fat and I love myself now. Acceptance of who and what we are does it for me.

For those that do choose plastics, good for them.

Really it just depends on you and what you can handle. What is going to make you happy and content? Can you afford plastics? If you can then go for it and make sure you pick an excellent plastic surgeon.

Thanks for responding....actually, no I can't afford plastic surgery. And I guess thats why I have so much fear of how my body will look after WLS. I am very self conscious abt my weight & my body now & I haven't even had the surgery!

Well I must tell you before I had the surgery, it never crossed my mind how I would look after I lost all my weight.

Really I did this for my health and not my looks. I will tell you I am a very active member at my gym. When I don't go believe me, people will ask where I have been.

The key is to love yourself now and be kind to yourself.

If you can't afford plastics then just don't go down that road of thinking. Rise above the crap of having to look a certain way. Buy good support panties and good bras. We look great in clothes. If you don't want your angel LOL) Find a good sense of humor about you and your body.
My BF who had the lapband and I were spinning one day at the gym. I started laughing and said to her "Deb, are your shar-pai thighs jogging up and down too?" Yep, we both have accepted our bodies and how they turned out. BF is NOT having plastics either.

Hi, I had a tummy tuck and thigh lift. I got rid of 8 lbs of skin. Unfortunately once you pass the 40 age mark, your skin isn't as elastic as it was when you were 20. Keep exercising and tone your muscles underneath your skin. Take a look at my profile. Hope this helps. Mona

Hi Mona!!& thanks for responding! I tryed to view your profile, but its saying its private, can u please add me as a friend? Thanks

Hi Babygirl,

I had two rounds of plastics after losing 115 pounds (upper body lift and lower body lift). The reasons I had them are not because I didn't love myself or because my husband didn't love me, but I was completing the journey that began when I decided to have WLS.

Summer of 2008 I was thin and walking at a strip mall when a young woman (about 30 lbs overweight) was walking in front of me wearing shorts with chubby legs. I said to myself, I used to have chubby legs and now all of my skin is just hanging. I had "chubby envy" and wished that I was heavy again. About 1 month later I was helping my mom with her 65 high school class reunion. It was an extremely hot day and one of her 82 year old friends removed her jacket displaying her bare arms. I looked at her and thought, her arms look better at 82 then mine did at 57. That was the summer I decided to seek plastics... basically to help me to try to keep my weight off this time after yo-yo dieting my entire adult life.

Today I love my body and I can wear sleeveless tops and even a bathing suit bra type top without being embarrassed. I love my flat stomach and feel truly transformed. I have photos posted and would gladly answer any questions you may have.

I did not have plastics; thought about having the panni removed because insurance often will pay for that if you have problems (like infections or back problems, and I have back problems). But I decided instead to have a knee replacement ... thought that was more practical. Now, two knee surgeries later and still no relief from the pain, I wonder if that was a good decision. But can't do anything to change that. Insurance paid for both of those surgeries. My body looks fine in clothes; the only thing I wish is that I could get into slightly smaller jeans that I can't because of my gut. But otherwise, I'm happy. I didn't do this because of my looks but my health.

Honey, I noticed on your profile that you're only 31. 99% of the folks here are over 50 years old, and you wouldn't want to see our bodies with or without plastic surgery!!!  LOL

You might get a better idea of what to expect from some of the people on the plastic surgery forum.

Good luck.

Besides, a few wrinkles and sags are a small price to pay for having your health back

A funny story..went to the plastic surgeon for appt., walked in, secretary said "facelift?"  I said no arm lift.  We all have laughed at that, the girls in that office, DH and me.

I am 72 years old so you can understand now.  I wish I had this done long ago but I just found a PS that I trust.  He specializes in bariatric plastic surgery, i've been to his seminatrs, met a lot of people who think the world of him.  I've seen what he has done and talked to his patients.

My brachioplasty is schedule for Feb. 4th.  No one understand why I want this done but I do.  Since age 14 I have been embarassed by my arms. 

This is a very informative website for plastics.

www.makemeheal.com