Jump to content
×
Are you looking for the BariatricPal Store? Go now!

Top of thigh fat rolls



Recommended Posts

I'm pre-op for sleeve (Dr. Altimarno in MX) and my bmi is close to 60. Ever since I went over about 260lbs I've had fat rolls collect at the inner tops of my thighs. I wear a shaper every day to help conceal them but they're terrible! I'm hoping weight loss will help reduce them but I'm afraid they'll just become saggy skin and I'll never get away from damn thigh shapers. Does anyone else have this issue? Is the only way to correct it with surgery?

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I definately have them most pronounced are my upper arms. For some reason I ended up with my grandmothers arms.

When I gained weight it collected there along with my stomach and legs.

Now that I have lost 119lbs I seen to have lost a lot all over but my legs seem to have gotten the thinnest the fastest. Yes, it has left me with lots of sagging skin everywhere. I call it the sharpei look. Or the mudslide. LOL!

I went into this knowing that would happen and sometime after reaching my goal and stabilizing I will likely have some plastics to help me feel better about the real problem areas.

My arms seem to be the most stubborn place of all regardless of what I do. I can wear a large or a 12 on my bottom half. That would be much smaller but the stomach skin holds me back. If I lost my tummy skin I would likely fit into a size 8 on the bottom. On top I am still wearing an xl mostly because my arms are still too big for a smaller size.

I can fit in a large in some cases but it is tight on my arms.

At the end of the day, I am thrilled with how I look right now and mostly how much better I feel. I can do things I have not been able to do for many years.

The weirdest feeling for me is how much I actually care about my appearance. When I weighed 315, I really truly could have cared less about how I looked in clothes and hated shopping. I would buy things that hid my body. Now I just want to show off how great I look, loose skin and all!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I had just horrible fat legs. I called it "dripping fat" and the more I lost, the worse the dripping got. My arms were bad, too. My legs are still fat, but after plastics, they are greatly improved, even if they are not as good as the rest of the plastics I had. I still have lots of cellulite, but the rolls and blobs of dripping fat are gone. It's shocking how much easier it is to move with all that gone! But even if I didn't have plastics, I could get by without Shapewear most of the time, and it was a billion times better than being fat!!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I used shapers to hide my fat.

I used shapers after WLS to hide the rolls of hanging skin.

I went from shapers to compression garnments after plastics.

Trust me, for me it has been never ending in these tight garnments.

I've been in them so long, now I feel naked without them.

For me, I had to have surgery to correct the hanging skin all over my body. The thigh lift did wonders for my body. Each person is different. You never know. . .

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

  • Trending Products

  • Trending Topics

  • Recent Status Updates

    • ChunkCat

      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
      I haven't been able to advance my diet past purees. Everything I eat other than tofu makes me choke and feels like trying to swallow rocks. They warned me it would get worse before it gets better, so lets hope this is all normal. I have my follow up on Monday so we'll see. Living on shakes and soup again is not fun. I had enough of them the first time!! LOL 
      · 0 replies
      1. This update has no replies.
    • BeanitoDiego

      Still purging all of the larger clothing. This morning, a shirt that I ADORED wearing ended up on top. Hard to let it go, but it was also hard to let go of those habits that also no longer serve my highest good. Onward and upward!
      · 0 replies
      1. This update has no replies.
    • Onedayatatime365

      Looking to connect with others who are also on the journey of better health. Post-Op Gastric Sleeve (4/11/24).
      · 0 replies
      1. This update has no replies.
    • jparadigm

      Happy Wednesday!
       
      I hope everyone is having a lovely week so far! 
      It's been a bit of a struggle this last week...I'm hungry ALL the time.
      · 1 reply
      1. BlondePatriotInCDA

        Have a great Wednesday too! Sorry you're hungry all the time, I'm pretty much the same..and I'm sick of eating the same food all the time.

    • ChunkCat

      Well, tomorrow I go in for an impromptu hiatal hernia repair after ending up in the ER over the weekend because I couldn't get food down and water was moving at a trickle... I've been having these symptoms on and off for a few weeks but Sunday was the worst by far and came with chest pain and trouble breathing. The ER PA thinks it is just esophagitis and that the surgeon and radiologist are wrong. But the bariatric surgeon swears it is a hernia, possibly a sliding one based on my symptoms. So he fit me into his schedule this week to repair it! I hope he's right and this sorts it out. He's going to do a scope afterwards to be sure there is nothing wrong with the esophagus. Here's hoping it all goes well!!
      · 4 replies
      1. AmberFL

        omgsh!! Hope all goes well!! Keeping you in my thoughts!

      2. gracesmommy2

        Hope you’re doing well!

      3. NickelChip

        I hope it goes well! Sending positive thoughts for a speedy recovery!

      4. AmberFL

        How are you doing? any update?!

  • Recent Topics

  • Hot Products

  • Sign Up For
    Our Newsletter

    Follow us for the latest news
    and special product offers!
  • Together, we have lost...
      lbs

    PatchAid Vitamin Patches

    ×