Hello!

After weeks of swelling... how many pants sizes did you go down after TT? Curious as I'm scheduled for TT w/lipo in Dec.

Thanks in advance for responses.

Hi:

I didn't actually go down any sizes because there wasn't alot of volume in what was removed with my tummy tuck. My pants fit better, but I didn't drop any sizes.

Best wishes to you.

Sue

Same as Sue....I have a flat butt but my tummy took up the slack. Now they just fit better.

Mimi

Thanks for your responses. The PS says that I'd drop at least a pant size, perhaps more. The LAP-BAND® doc says I should see between 8-10 pounds gone.

I've found that sometimes what the docs say is different from the reality of it all and wanted to see if others saw a difference.

I just had a small minish tummy tuck and I notice my pants are looser but I don't think I dropped a whole pants size. However I am better tucked into my pants now. It was more below my waist area where pants sit that I had more skin so around my waist didnt change too much.

Are you hoping/expecting to be at goal by then (your TT) or is it ok to be, say, 10 pounds to go and hope they take that off? I want to get one too and I hope to be at goal by spring but I really dont know too much about it!

Are you hoping/expecting to be at goal by then (your TT) or is it ok to be, say, 10 pounds to go and hope they take that off? I want to get one too and I hope to be at goal by spring but I really dont know too much about it!

This all started in August when I went to see the LAP-BAND®®® surgeon; he told me I could start the process. Every plastic surgeon I consulted (total of 5) agreed that I'd get the results I was looking for. The general consensus was that I needed to be wthin 20 pounds of goal.

I was then (Aug) a size 14 and the same weight I am now; however, I'm now a size 10 no pounds lost but I'm losing inches...

I'd hoped to loose the last 15-20 pounds during this time (between Aug and Dec 22 my surgery date). Doesn't look like it's going to happen. I'm happy with my size and the last appt with the LAP-BAND®®® doc (last week) went really well as he was like what size are you aiming for? He went on to say I looked fine as is and to stop beating myself up re: scale...

I'm rambling...

Anyway, I'm trying to change my way of thinking. I continue to exercise like a crazed woman and though pounds aren't melting away anymore my shape and pant sizes are changing tremendously.

Good luck with your journey...

Thank you for the reply. Yes its hard not to let that scale tell us who we are! Good luck!

hi,

i didnt lose any pant size but like others said...my pants fit better.

i think to lose a pant size one would've had to lose alot of weight and have alot of skin. my doctor took off about 5 lbs of skin for me

but i LOVE my flat tummy and my lifted boobs...

josie

I'm tentatively scheduled for 12/14 for a TT and lipo and wondered the same thing. I have a lot of excess skin as I've lost over 115 pounds. I'd still like to lose another 30 or so and worried that I haven't done enough to get closer to that before the surgery date. However, after talking to my surgeon, she assured me that having this done and losing another 20 pounds would not be an issue---it would be like any other person losing 20 pounds and it would unlikely leave much skin after. I've been putting this off for over a year now and am nearly 3 years post banding. I'm only tentatively scheduled because my surgeon is pregnant and due a week after my date....with her first child. When I went to my first consultation early last spring, she wasn't pregnant yet. Just my luck. I don't so much worry about the size of my pants so much as I look forward to finally being able to wear my pants where they were intended to be worn, not way up over the muffin top!! I can't wait. I just hope it goes off as planned!! 5 weeks to go!!!

Ok, other than a scheduling issue (pregnant plastic surgeon with due date approaching!) why would or should anyone get PS before they reach goal?

I'm trying to decide what to do myself so I would love to hear anyone's thoughts on this...Thanks so much.

My bariatric surgeon actually suggested it to me a good while before I finally decided to meet with any Plastic surgeons. I lost about 70 pounds in the first year. I'm 5'10" and a very muscular build. Even though I'm still wearing a misses size 14, I likely won't be much smaller. My surgeon asked if I wanted a referral at that point---I waited until the end of my 2nd year, after losing another 45 pounds. At this point, the charts say I should lose another 30 pounds. I've maintained my weight for over a year and a half--give or take about 10 pounds. I will be having surgery on my 3rd anniversary of banding. I intend to keep losing, but at this point, the extra skin actually gets in my way. I wasn't someone who gained weight late in life, like many of the other LB people. I don't have a weight I intend to "get back to" as I have always been overweight as an adult. Despite being a division 1 scholarship athlete in college, I still wore a size 18/20 for most of school. I've spent nearly 20 years with horrible stretch marks in my abdomen. In fact, my PS asked if I had ever had any other kind of surgery because some of the marks are so deep. So....I'm not looking to wear a bikini. It's not a vanity thing. I'm looking to make life easier. I expect to lose several inches in my lower abdomen, though I don't anticipate losing my in my actual waist. We'll see what happens. My PS knows how much I weigh. I'm active---run regularly and workout. I could be more comfortable if not for all of the bouncing of my extra skin. I can't wait!! Their requirements were that my weight was stable and that I was merely "overweight", not obese. I'm self pay. Nothing covered by insurance because I've been meticulous about taking care of my skin to avoid rashes. If I didn't think this was the right thing for me, I wouldn't be investing so much money in this.

Thanks for an excellent and well-thought out reply. That totally makes sense.

I had 9 lbs taken off ,and was able to buy pants 1 size smaller/.

Thanks, Shalee! Thats what I am hoping for but it sounds like a lot of people didnt really lose weight or a size! I was hoping to get to ten pounds from goal and then kind of get there with the surgery! Are you happy with the result?

notateechanow... since you are self-pay, can I ask, how much is this procedure going to cost you? I'm still loosing and I am quite a ways off from being able to have this done, but I too will be self-pay as I have never had any rash problems. Sorry to be so nosey, I just want to have a ball-park idea of what my goal needs to be to save towards.

Thanks!

~Annette~