Question:
what is this skin graph for?

has anyone's surgeon told them that he would be taking a skin graph from the thigh area to wrap around the stomach? mabye i misunderstood him .if anyone knows anything that remotely sounds like this please tell me what the heck it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    — [Anonymous] (posted on October 12, 2001)

October 12, 2001
I didn't have this done, but I believe it's called a facia wrapping (not totally sure on the spelling). The reason the dr does this is to keep the pouch small. After surgery our pouches are teeny tiny, but they expand naturally. This is why drs often say the *honeymoon* phase is the first 6 months to a year, before our pouches relax. Relaxing pouches are normal and not anything anyone does to stretch them. what your dr does is wrap a pc of your body (less rejection) around the pouch so it stays small. This will actually keep you eating less much longer. The thought is this will keep people from expanding their pouches and outeating the surgery. good luck!
   — Becky K.