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Prepping your skin for weight loss surgery

Hey y'all! I'm about a month out from my tentative surgery date so I'm trying to prepare myself in every way possible. What are you guys doing to help your skin and minimize skin sagging after surgery? I've upped my Water intake, trying to get lots of Protein in and taking a Multivitamin. Right now, I'm using a Shea butter lotion but I think I'm doing to add vit e oil and bio oil to it. I've also peeped a Keratin lotion on Amazon that I'm thinking about incorporating too.

If any of you are experienced and have had some success in reducing the amount of skin sag, please inform the rest of us ;)

Pre surgery friends: what's your plan for battling skin sag?

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    I am doing a few things ( I have until May 17th)... I'm found hair, skin, and nail chewable gummie vitamins at Costco that I'm taking religiously and really hoping that one helps with not losing my hair too! But also I've been using a sugar and oil scrub in the shower everyday along with a good Shea butter lotion. I mix some Shea butter, coconut oil, and vitamin together and add sugar to it for my body scrub. I'm also drinking lots of water too.

    That's one thing I need to do better with, water! I need to put a reminder on my phone or something! Thanks for responding!

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