Question:
How well does your skin bounce back after you've lost so much weight?

I am hopeful that I won't need any plastics once I've had the surgery, but I am 29 and have had 2 c-section's, I already have a bit of an over hang, and have problems with rashes and sores already? any help is appreciated! 242    — HAILEY (posted on February 16, 2006)

February 16, 2006
It really depends on how long your skin has been stretched also on how much you have to lose.
   — maria_sola

February 16, 2006
My surgeon say's ideally I should lose around 100-108 lbs! and I've only gotten so big since my last c-section 4 years ago!
   — HAILEY

February 16, 2006

   — Kasey

February 16, 2006
Everyone is different and no one can predict the outcme after a substantial weight loss--I have several friends that have has WLS and 1 lost over 130 lbs and has no hanging skin even though she carried the majority in her midsection at 5'5--there are so many different factors to take into consideration and the way I look at it is this: I had surgery to get healthy and yes looking good is a great side effect, if I have loose or hanging skin I will deal with it when the time comes but for now all I am going to concentrate on is following protical to a tee and get the weight off.....Good luck :) Lori
   — Lori Vickery

February 16, 2006
Depends on: age, genetics, nutrition, type of skin you were issued. Another way to answer that would be: "?" On the rashes, please start documenting with a dermatologist NOW. Be sure they call them what they are: yeast infections.
   — vitalady

February 17, 2006
Skin, once elasticity is gone/ruined....does NOT come back. THREE different docs have told me this in the last year. It's inevitable. I'd only lost 50 pounds when my inner thighs started drooping...and the overhang got worse. I'm now 137 pounds gone and there is NO way I'm escaping the plastics!
   — T S.