Ok...I just scheduled my surgery for April 27th...kinda excited and kinda scared!!! The biggest thing I am worried aboout is excess SKIN!!! Can anyone advise or give an opinion!!

Thanks

I've heard that you can never tell if you will have excess skin. I've been told to do some strength training with the weights. Also, I've been told that you should at least put off plastic surgery 2 years after because sometimes the skin can mold itself around the new body. I'm scared of excess skin also. :tt1:

I also receive a call to schedule me surgery. It is scheduled for 04/14/10. I am so excited but worried abot started my pre op diet. My surgeon requires a 2 weeks liquid protein diet and i have done nothing to prepare myself. I will begin my diet on 03/31/10. Wish me luck!:tt1:

I just received my approval letter from the insurance company and have surgery scheduled for 4-26-10. I am SUUUUPER nervous but equally excited! I am also worried about the skin sagginess, but then I think, it's a trade off. We are going to be working really hard to get to the point of saggy skin- maybe we can look at the sag as a reminder of how far we have come and how hard we have worked...and if other people don't like the skin, tell 'em they don't have to look at it! lol Good luck to you all! Looks like we will all be going through this at about the same time.

I too am having issues thinking about the skin, but have decided that the skin is better than what is inside it at this time!lOL! My surgery is scheduled for May 4th and I can;t wait to get this part of the journey started. It will be almost a year since my first informational seminar...had to do the 6 mth wait for insurance. Doing this for me and no one else. It will be all good in the end!!Good luck to you all!!

I'm scheduled for 05-12-10 and also nervous. I have heard too that there is no way to tell how your skin will respond. At our group class a couple of days ago Karen said that there is a man that lost 100 lbs in 5 months and his skin isn't sagging at all. I also heard that exercise from the start will help build muscle and help with skin elasticity. As one woman put it in our class, as long as she can bend over and tie her shoes she has no problem shoving the excess skin out of the way. Hey! There's always duct tape. You know it has a multitude of uses!!

I'm nuts about the skin issue, too. At my age I'm probably going to be a droopy skin bag over bones. It will take rolls and rolls of duct tape! But mostly I'm doing this for my health.

My surgeon does include a free tummy tuck about eighteen months after banding! Not bad!

I think reading others posting in regards to excess skin has changed my prospective. I was super worried too but in the end we are doing this to be healthy and excess skin is the least of our worries comparied to where or how this weight could affect us. They say that you truly have to wait a year after your goal is achieved to really see how the skin resets itself. Congrats on getting a date! Mine's May 10 and I cant wait to be a bandster.