I am pretty happy with my current weight. But I have been thinner - my BMI at one stage was around 21. Even at that weight, I had uneven-ness in my waist. I have pockets of fat just above my body lift scar which looks like a permenant little muffin top. At my current weight it's barely noticeable with clothes on, but when I gained a bit, it became more obvious (proof is in the pic below from when I was jusy 8lbs heavier). It also means that I currently can't wear anything but low rise pants because I have a 'faux' waist on my hips (where the body lift scar 'dips' into my body)

I also am interested in seeing if I can get any improvement for my inner thighs, which remained heavy at the very top even at a BMI of 21. This is less important though.

My body lift surgeon suggested 'finishing' off with lipo after my body lift 4 years ago but I never really got round to it. But now I would like to finally get my body shaped correctly so I don't look lumpy in weird spots.

Which now leads me to my questions:

Who here has had lipo to their waist or love handles? Was it day surgery? Did you do it under general or twilight sedation? What is the down-time like? And roughly what did it cost?

Whqt im afraid of is that i am going to have loose skin when i get to my goal weight. I have been obese ever since an eqrly teenager and being thinner as an adult is so different. I hardly know how to shop anymore.

I was thinking of lipo but afraid it might be way to expensive. By i am graduating college next month and when i start working i can save up, but i think i might need to use the money formextra skin removal.

You are extremely beautiful. What was your starting weight and your weight right now?

Sorry about my typos. Im on an ipad. <.<

I noticed my boobs are shrinking. When i was 270 i had huge boobs. Now they look deflated. I am thinking about boob augmentation. Everything you are doing i want done. Can i add you please?

Wow! You look amazing!

Thanks Debpaige!

Sascha, sure feel free to add me! Just to give you a run down, I first had a lower body lift to remove excess skin, then breast augmentation and now lipo to finish off. These surgeries I did over a 4 year period, not all at once. Mind you, I was 38 when I was banded so while losing the weight was awesome, my body didn't survive it so well, especially my tummy and boobs.

If I were you though I wouldn't worry about excess skin until you get closer to goal - I know plenty of people who have been heavy all their life whose skin bounced back just fine. By all means save the money but you might find you'll need less surgery than me in the end.

Thought this thread was finished up but had my post op appt with my PS today and looked me all over, and while he's VERY happy with how I'm looking in general, he suggested a little bit more work on my inner thighs/knees. He did some lipo on my upper inner thighs and that looks great, and the skin is 'bouncing back' better than he expected so he thinks if I want a little more off the thighs, he would now be quite confident of an excellent result.

So I'm doing it under local aenesthetic on the 2nd Aug. Guess I'm not quite done yet!