Hi, my Mom trainers recomend me to use shapers for the skin to attach to my body. Any opinions?

What are shapers?

I have a couple of friends who swear by Spanx. They both had gastric bypass and can't stand the excess skin especially the pannus. I can barely tolerate wearing panties therefore I'll just be "lumpy" until I absolutely have to wear some sort of shaper.

Spanx are a bit pricey, and I've heard you can find better bargains on ebay and amazon.

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I have a couple of friends who swear by Spanx. They both had gastric bypass and can't stand the excess skin especially the pannus. I can barely tolerate wearing panties therefore I'll just be "lumpy" until I absolutely have to wear some sort of shaper.

Spanx are a bit pricey, and I've heard you can find better bargains on ebay and amazon.

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Sometimes you can find good deals on them on HSN (or QVC), too.

I like Spanx because they are comfortable and also you can keep wearing them even when technically they are a size or two too large and they still do a reasonable job of keeping everything in and not jiggling.

It's like a girdle. I found good ones at barenecessities.com

I was looking something for the arms and they have it.

I'm going to give a try, probably I save a tummy tuck using them.

I have a couple of friends who swear by Spanx. They both had gastric bypass and can't stand the excess skin especially the pannus. I can barely tolerate wearing panties therefore I'll just be "lumpy" until I absolutely have to wear some sort of shaper.

Spanx are a bit pricey, and I've heard you can find better bargains on ebay and amazon.

Welcome to Spanx.com the Official Site of Spanx by Sara Blakely

Ugh, I'm with you. I absolutely dont know HOW people can go about their everyday lives strangled by these things. I hate them. My view is that if I need a shaper to look OK in a certain outfit, then the outfit is not right for me. I always feel sick within the hour of trying to wear something like this and eventually, the constriction of my abdomen will give me horrible gas pains and crippling cramps.

Ugh, I'm with you. I absolutely dont know HOW people can go about their everyday lives strangled by these things. I hate them. My view is that if I need a shaper to look OK in a certain outfit, then the outfit is not right for me. I always feel sick within the hour of trying to wear something like this and eventually, the constriction of my abdomen will give me horrible gas pains and crippling cramps.

The idea is to help the skin attach to the body, I think I prefer to try this and not to pay for a plastic surgery later...

I know that the best thing I found for my but and bottom half is using a good pair of tights...... walmart had some really "nude" looking ones with no seams that were cheap.....$5 each.....that held my tummy and but in the right place.

I can loose a whole size when I use them...... these were comfortable enough to wear in the summer (especially if you have to wear hose anyways......)

I like them..... have thought about the other products...... I wasa lot younger the first time I lost weight.....and had not had the c section...... so stuff mostly right back where it came from.....

this time I have this annoying hanging thing above my c section.....so I am thinking of one of them....... though I just haven't really wanted to do it!

And I hate underwear too! Weird!

My Spanx doesn't hurt. Maybe the stuff they have in Australia is more like the old-fashioned girdles?? I rarely notice I have my Spanx on.

I also use compression shorts & tops from UnderArmour. They are designed to exercise in so they have a lot of give.