What About Breast Excess Skin After Lapband ?

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I've had a breast reduction in 1991 and I'm wondering about breast excess skin after the lapband ?

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

I had a breast reduction before my band surgery. Aside from plain old age-related sagging (I'm 58), my girls look pretty good now, but I do have excess skin now that drapes over the old lateral incision line from the breast reduction. There's a photo of it here: http://jean-onthebandwagon.blogspot.com/2011/02/breast-reduction-surgery.html

My plastic surgeon had predicted that I'd have that skin overhang if I lost weight, and he was right. He also said that it could be fixed or at least improved by additional surgery, but it doesn't bother me enough to warrant more surgery. The worst-looking part is in the area under my arms, and anyone who's staring at that part of me deserves a slap anyway.

I've heard lots of bandsters complain that their breasts look like tennis balls in socks after weight loss, but I work in a department store as a bra fit specialist, and I also hear non-bariatric patients of various ages and sizes say the same thing.

It's hard to predict how your skin is going to react to massive weight loss, and worrying about it won't change the outcome. You might be pleasantly surprised!

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I had a breast reduction before my band surgery. Aside from plain old age-related sagging (I'm 58), my girls look pretty good now, but I do have excess skin now that drapes over the old lateral incision line from the breast reduction. There's a photo of it here: http://jean-ontheban...on-surgery.html

My plastic surgeon had predicted that I'd have that skin overhang if I lost weight, and he was right. He also said that it could be fixed or at least improved by additional surgery, but it doesn't bother me enough to warrant more surgery. The worst-looking part is in the area under my arms, and anyone who's staring at that part of me deserves a slap anyway.

I've heard lots of bandsters complain that their breasts look like tennis balls in socks after weight loss, but I work in a department store as a bra fit specialist, and I also hear non-bariatric patients of various ages and sizes say the same thing.

It's hard to predict how your skin is going to react to massive weight loss, and worrying about it won't change the outcome. You might be pleasantly surprised!

Thank you for this info. Mine right now are just like yours on the pic, so I feel better knowing now. Thanks !