Question:
How many if any of you have lost at least 100 lbs and not needed plastic surgery ?
I have read about people who needed a TT but not about people who lost and didnt actually need any other surgery. Is it possible not to if you exercise and weight train as soon as possible after surgery ? — ShirleyG (posted on August 5, 2003)
August 5, 2003
hiya~ i lost 148lbs and did not need a tummy tuck. as my ob-gyn says, my
belly looks like any other 35 year old woman who had 3 c-sections.
i began weight lifting at 18 months post op and love it!
you can check out my site at: www.geocities.com/katebme2002
good luck!
kate
— jkb
August 5, 2003
i've lost 122 pounds. I went to a plastic surgeon, he said "tummy
tuck"?? you don't have enough skin to have a tummy tuck. That was
okay, though, as I was there mainly to check on the boob situation. I have
saggy pups for sure, but insurance doesn't pay for "gravity"
issues. I wear size 4/6 with no gut at all.
— Connie M.
August 5, 2003
Hi......I lost 135lbs and do not need a tummy tuck. I have a flat tummy
with very little saggy skin. In fact, I wear belly shirts alot and people
can't even tell. I feel very lucky to have good elacticity with my skin.
— hawk4life
August 5, 2003
Shirl, I don't need a tummy tuck but do need a lower body lift of
beltedictomy (sp?)...I think Apples need tummy tucks and pears need the
lower body lift, just my 2 cents. But, I think its about even, I have
like no skin in my tummy and I have lost 118lbs. But, my gut, WOW, HUGE!
Heather (Open RNY 8-15-02 305/187/150)
— heathercross
August 5, 2003
Not just possible, but PROBABLE!! I've lost over 200 lbs in the past 19
months since lap rny, and do not need tymmy tuck, or any plastic surgery. I
didn't start working out with a regular weight toning regieme until I was
14 months post-op, either. I am 39 years old, too. It is just a matter of
how much you are willing to work, and how long you are willing to wait for
results! I didn't want any more surgeries, and WON"T have any more
unless they are absolute MUSTS. Spend the bit of money it takes to see a
good physical trainer about three times, and you will be fine on your own
with only a check-in once every six months. If a trainer trys to getyou to
see them more than three times and 2x a year after that, they are ripping
you off! Good Luck!
— Sharon m. B.
August 5, 2003
It absolutely is NOT only a matter of how much you are willing to work for
how long. I had a large hanging pouch of skin and subcutaneous fat that
hung down below my pubic bone to the top of my thighs. I belong to a gym
and do aerobics and strength training, and no amount of exercise would have
shrunk that hanging bag of skin 6 or more inches up my body and back into
place. Some people won't need a TT. It depends on how long you've been
MO, your age, the elasticity of your skin, your muscle tone, lots of
things. Exercise will help, and it kept me from having to have my arms
done as the muscle fills the hanging skin enough to help some, but NOTHING
was getting rid of that swinging, sagging, sack of skin short of surgery.
— mom2jtx3
August 6, 2003
I have lost 105 pounds with 20 more to go and I definitely need a tummy
tuck. I think that if you don't need one that you are just very lucky. I
doubt that any amount of exercise can help completely blown out skin. I
know people who have barely exercised since surgery who need no plastics
and others who exercise constantly that really need it bad. It is also a
matter of opinion as far as the need for surgery goes. Others might look at
my tummy and consider it nothing but I am not happy with it at all.
Exercise can definitely help but to the previous poster you are a lucky
lucky girl and no amount of sit ups will help this girls tummy. I guess if
it is a matter of how hard you are willing to work then I could have just
dieted and avoided surgery altogether. Let's not forget where we all came
from here.
— Carol S.
August 6, 2003
i have lost 155 pounds and don't need anything done. the only thing i would
like is a boob job because i seemed to have lost mine!! :):):)
— Tammy B.
August 6, 2003
I've lost 120+ lbs in 9 months. I notice every month tht things are
shrinking up here and there. I do not have any MEDICAL necessity for PS
anywhere on my body at this point. I started at 306 lbs at five foot five,
30 yrs old. I am purely a Pear Shape! I do not think I'll ever need a TT,
but, in the quest for happiness with my naked body, I MIGHT want to look
into a breast lift and/or thigh lift. My arms improve daily and I hope
that the batwings will disappear altogether with more work. That's it.
So, I guess it's a matter of personal preference. Don't kid yourself-
you're not goiong to have the body od a 20 year old or be 'perfect' after
losing major weight even if you weight train, etc right away, but that
doesn't mean you can't wind up happy with what you're left with. It's all
a question of genetics in how your skin rebounds. Good luck to you!
— LMCLILLY
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