I was very afraid of having loose skin after the weight loss, however coming into some foresight I now am no longer afraid, you see after the weight loss I will no longer be afraid of high buildings or airplanes, I unlike skinny people will have a natural ability to flow through the air like a flying squirrel.

ROFLMAO!!! OMG! I am dying here! You have an amazing sense of humor. Thanks for the haha.

I was very afraid of having loose skin after the weight loss' date=' however coming into some foresight I now am no longer afraid, you see after the weight loss I will no longer be afraid of high buildings or airplanes, I unlike skinny people will have a natural ability to flow through the air like a flying squirrel.[/quote']

Man I thought about loose skin for over a year. A finally a friend said well just take it one step at a time. Not like I am I running around naked and I can shower at home after the gym.

lmao!!!!! Sounds like fun but I'll pass I already started saving money for some plastic surgery. I really want to get pregnant, so I will wait until after to do a tummy tuck. But as SOON as I get the ok from my doc, my girls are getting a lift and boost :wub: and I'm losing the wings

They don't call 'em BAT WINGS for nuthin'

OMG, I think you just made my week.

Ahahahahahaha!!! That's awesome man!

LMBO!!! You are too funny!!!

The horror of loose skin is what kept me from doing this a long time ago. I did the same as you and said "one thing at a time!" and I am 2 weeks post op now. I can't wait for loose skin to be my biggest problem. I'm going to cover it up with all new clothes!

You kill me!!!

The best thing is, if loose skin really becomes a major problem, we are all experts on how to fill it back up.

You kill me!!!

The best thing is' date=' if loose skin really becomes a major problem, we are all experts on how to fill it back up.[/quote']

Or if its a problem then maybe the chances are great for insurance to cover plastics reconstruction.

That is hilarious!

HaHa - that is great!

The terror of loose skin is interesting. I have NEVER heard someone comment about someone walking down the street about how loose their skin is (I don't live in a nudist colony either and clothes do a wonderful job of covering it) but I surely have heard people comment about how FAT someone is. Wonder why we worry so much about this given the obvious fact that many of us were more then 100# overweight which is not too attractive either. Interesting how our minds work.

I too hope that loose skin is my biggest problem when all is said and done. could be worse.

I hope I never fill my loose skin back up!! And I hope I never have to fly to safety LOL

You guys are too funny

Great sense of humor and perspective, OP!

The terror of loose skin is interesting.

I feel the SAME way. I considered loose skin prior to surgery but have never been able to relate to the posts from folks that put surgery off or are terrified of loose skin. Maybe my ability to shrug that off is partly due to being happily married through fat and thin for nine years - if the husband can deal with stretch marks and loose skin from a twin pregnancy and still want to see me naked, why on earth would I be concerned about what losing weight will do? So on one hand I can see single people being concerned about showing parts of their body to a new person if they're uncomfortable with their own skin. My husband was far more disappointed that my curves vanished for a short time than he was about loose skin!

That said - the big vanity reason for me having surgery had nothing to do with how I'd look naked. It was about how I'd look every day, because only one person sees me naked but everyone else sees me in my clothes. I have a lot of loose skin in my middle but in my clothes you'd never guess it and that's what matters to me. I wanted to be normal, shop regular stores and not worry about breaking chairs in public. Nobody else knows I have loose skin unless I tell them!

I plan to have plastics, anyway. What's a second surgery when you've already removed 85% of your stomach? And until I got pregnant, I wore excellent shapewear that hid everything I don't like and accentuated all the awesome bits. Now that I'm pregnant, I'm filling in the loose skin again and don't have to feel bad about it, either. There's nothing to be unhappy about at goal weight, and if loose skin is the worst thing someone suffers post op, that's a big WIN in my book.

~Cheri

Funny... Thanks that was a nice post.