Skin

I do not know anyone personally who has had wls and is young! I would like to know if anyone under the age of 25 who has had surgery has had problems with sagging skin?? My areas of concern are upper arms, lower stomach (apron), and thighs. I am 23 years old and FINALLY scheduled for lap RNY on may 4th (3rd surgery date)! If anyone under 25 years old can share I would appreciate it. Thanks!!

Hi I am roughly 8 months out and the skin is pretty bad, but i dont help with my lack of exercise (i just posted about that) but anyway, my b/f had the surgery and is scheduled for a tummy tuck on june 3rd, his isn't to bad but still enough that he complains. me on the other hand, i've got alot of excess skin already and it's sagging pretty bad, i've lost about 100 lbs. started at 366. *oh yeah, im 20 my b/f is 19).

Thanks for the reply!! I'll give you some tips on excercise on your post!

I am 23 also. My surgery is scheduled for May 3rd. Skin depends on SOOO many factors. Water, vitamins, lotion, genetics. I know that for the last 2 weeks I have been going lotion crazy to make sure my skin has all the moisture that it can handle. This doesnt help any strech marks... those will never go away, but it will help the normal skin with elasticity. I have seen a lot of girls our age have it done. Some get plastic surgery and some dont. It really just depends on the person and thier body and there is no way of knowing how saggy it will be. Just make sure to moisturize your skin, drink plenty of water, EXERCISE, and get in your vitamins.

I'm 8 months post op and have lost 85 lbs. I haven't had many skin problems, the only thing I can say is my tummy but if I concentrated more on tightening and strengthening exercises it would really be tolerable. There are soooo many factors affecting the skin though. ANother thing to think about for us girls is a tummy tuck may not be worth it for a long while if you want to have kids. What would be the point? My best advice and I should have listened to this from other people is do strengthening and tightening exercises from the very beginning and you could really minimize the excess skin issue or at least the unattractiveness of it.

Hi, Andrea! My name's Megan, I'm from Minnesota also! I just turned 21 and I had Lap RNY on Dec. 13th of 2004. I'm 4 months out and down 75 pounds and the only place I'm having problems with skin is my underarms. It's not bad by any means, but it's not tight either. Everything else is shrinking right up though and my hip bones are now sticking out! lol My stomach is starting to take shape too of where abs are supposed to be so with a little more weightloss and exercise, I'm hoping to develop some definition there. My boyfriends best friend is a personal trainer and he said once I get closer to my goal weight he'll help me start to tone and tighten. My thighs are doing really well too. They just barely touch and I actually wore a bikini a couple weeks ago when I was out in the hot tub with my friends. That was a thrill! I've never worn a bikini in my life!! Anyhow, a lot of it depends on how much you have to lose, how fast you lose, and the elasticity of your skin; not much else. I was 224 the day of surgery and now I'm down to 150. I've got 20 more pounds to go before goal and my surgeon said I'll reach that by summer. Anyhow, I wish you the best of luck, and if you need anything or have questions, feel free to ask, that's what we're all here for. If in the end of all this, you think you're going to need PS, don't get bummed out about it, a lot of people have to have it. My boyfriend, he's 29, had the surgery a year ago (405 the day of surgery/248 last saturday) and is going to have to have his apron removed, his arms, and probably his inner thighs done. It's part of the process and comes with the territory. If it's real bad too, some insurance companies will cover some of the plastic surgery. (Just a little side note...one thing that really stinks is I've always had small boobs to begin with and now because of all this weightloss I've got really nothing there so that'll probably be my only cosmetic procedure, implants or something. lol My sister lost a lot of weight on her own and had the same problem with her boobs shrinking to nothing and she got implants and looks great now! She told me in the mean time to get a wonderbra and now, I don't leave home without that thing! )