I am two days postoperative and by no means ready for a smaller size yet. But I was wondering if anyone knows of these things called clothing swaps. I have an entire closet full of nice clothes ranging from 18 to 22. It seems like there should be a way to help a fellow bariatric patient instead of just giving them to goodwill.

4 days post op here. I agree with you I think a swap would be a great thing. Happy New Year and Best Wishes on your journey

Hi! I have not had luck with clothing swaps. Instead i have been buying clearance clothes and stuff at thrift center. We have platos closet here in the bay area and online i have been using thredup.com.

Hope this help.

My Bariatric program at Beth Israel used to do clothing swaps for their WLS veterans, but they stopped because nobody ever needed the clothing that was being donated and they didn't have the clothing that newly transformed people needed because no one was obese anymore! Hehe...

I have some experience with swaps in the "normal world" (maybe I should say average world?). I never could fit into anything that the other girls brought and no one ever picked up my stuff. They weren't all that fun.

I do sell some of my things and buy some things on eBay.