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Loose Skin?!?!

Ill be having my surgery July 9th and I'm so worried about loose skin!! I've seen people that have had the GBYpass and their skin is so loose it doesn't look good at all. I there anything I can do NOW to prevent or even minimize it???

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  • SouthernSleever
    SouthernSleever

    Tons of loose skin here. Had vsg when I was 31 and had been obese since maybe 10 years old. I look 80 naked but 20 in clothes so I don't mind

  • People will tell you otherwise, but honestly - there's not much you can do. It mostly depends on things like: your age the condition of your skin (sun damage, etc.) how overweight you have been

  • Supersweetums
    Supersweetums

    I am 33, have had 2 children (1 c-section, 1 regular), and have been overweight since kindergarten. I have lost over 120lbs total and I have a fair amount of lose skin. Like one person wrote, I look

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Lol, what she said :)

I would like to hear how it works for you, keep us update!

I definitely will

  • 4 weeks later...

I am 33, have had 2 children (1 c-section, 1 regular), and have been overweight since kindergarten. I have lost over 120lbs total and I have a fair amount of lose skin. Like one person wrote, I look 80 yrs old naked, but 20 dressed is a great analogy.

It is not an easy thing to deal with, especially to come so far and have skin still getting in the way a little. That being said, I would much rather have some loose skin that I can basically hide with clothing than be overweight.

Yep, loose skin on abdomen here, inner thighs, a bit of batwing, but you know what? I'll take it in a NEW YORK SECOND compared to what I had before. :-)

I'm beginning to look really saggy. But I'll take saggy over inflated! I have a long way to go, but I'm anticipating getting serious about doing something to my tummy next summer (hoping I'll be at or very near goal then).

Great information. I have been worrying about lose skin also but had never heard of brushing your skin. So I'm wondering if I should do lotion at night and then brushing in the morning or do the brushing before applying lotion? I am looking forward to hearing about people's results. I'm going to do more research and if I find anything helpful, I'll post it.

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