Question:
Weight of Excess Skin - Survey For Post-Ops who had Plastic Surgery: How much did your excess skin w

I would like to hear from post-ops who are at least one-year post-op. Please let us know what type of plastic surgery you had and how much your excess skin weighed. Thanks!    — [Deactivated Member] (posted on September 11, 2000)

September 11, 2000
I had a TT. I weighed 129 at the time and ended up at 112 or so. I was ALL stomach, still with some fat aboard, and yet the excised portion only weighed about 4#. However, I lost more wt because I wasn't fnished yet and because we're SO tight, we can barley eat! I've obverved 2 TT procedures. The one who was nearly at goal had NO fat on board and the excess skin also weighed in at 4#. The other was 50# from goal and hers weighed 10#. It filled a regular sized dishpan! Fat doesn't weight that much, so even though you think you can upholster the interior of a Suburban with it, it's not going to change your wt substanitally. Healing, time, recovery will all help take a few more lbs off, though.
   — vitalady

September 11, 2000
The PS said the skin removed from my tummy tuck weighed 4-5 pounds. After surgery I was down 5 pounds. Greatest thing I ever did for myself (except the WLS, that is)
   — VickyTaylor

September 11, 2000
No answer but I would like to know that myself. I woulf think it would be a lot depending on how much weight you had lost beforehand
   — snicklefritz

September 11, 2000
I am 3 years post op. I had the panniculectomy back in 98, and lost 15 pounds. I have heard some who have lost more then that
   — chris M.

September 12, 2000
I lost 95 lbs. 3 years ago and had a TT. I believe they removed about 4-5 lbs. My weight went up to 244 lbs. after this surgery and decided to have the WLS in April 2000, and I have lost 75 lbs. so far. Funny though, I never gained any weight back in my tummy...it was all in my butt! Anyway, 2 weeks ago I had a breast reduction and my surgeon removed about 400cc of tissue (about 1 pound), and I couldn't be happier.
   — DOROTHY A.