How Long Did You Wait..

[Michellefaina 45]

After you were at goal weight to have plastic surgery? My doctor said you shouldn't do it until you are two years out from your surgery date!!! I'm six months out and have only five more pounds to my goal weight! I can't see myself waiting for another year and a half- I have so much excess skin it's depressing!!!

[mylifeinpink 349]

After you were at goal weight to have plastic surgery? My doctor said you shouldn't do it until you are two years out from your surgery date!!! I'm six months out and have only five more pounds to my goal weight! I can't see myself waiting for another year and a half- I have so much excess skin it's depressing!!!

I agree with you- I'm cruising to goal faster than I ever imagined and I'd like to scoot it up a year- and have my MM a year earlier.

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

After you were at goal weight to have plastic surgery? My doctor said you shouldn't do it until you are two years out from your surgery date!!! I'm six months out and have only five more pounds to my goal weight! I can't see myself waiting for another year and a half- I have so much excess skin it's depressing!!!

The reason your doc says to wait 2 years after surgery is because your skin shrinks much slower than the rest of your body. You skin will continue to shrink slowly for 2 years. So getting plastics before that could very well be a waste of money.

Not to mention , you might not stop losing once you hit goal.

[cmf1267 27]

I see so many ppl on YouTube talking about plastics and they're still 20-40lbs from goal. I just think that is crazy.

IDK - I haven't even had my VSG yet (scheduled for Nov. 6) but if I can avoid another surgery I would like to try - but who knows once I've lost the weight I may feel differently. However, I'd like to lose all my weight & get to goal & be there for at least a year before I consider plastics. (Again I may change my mind once I get there though). I got down to 175 in 2007 and I had some extra skin on my inner thighs and a little on my stomach - but I would like to get down below 140 and possibly below 130 - so IDK how that will be with skin.

Good luck on whatever decision you make. But I do think that O.T.R Sleever is right - your skin will shrink more but also your body will continue to change and fat etc. may be redistributed as you go on. Check out BandedWendy on YouTube - she did a couple videos about not getting plastics and her extra skin and her body has continued to change since she got to goal.