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Hi, just wondered does anybody have any good suggestions as to the best body cream for firming the skin after surgery, thanks.

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Depending on your age and amount of weight lost; you WILL have loose skin and no cream in the world is going to fix it. The trade off to a big wt. loss is loose skin. The trade off to surgery for loose skin is a scar. AGAIN; age and amount lost dependent.

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Thank you for the suggestions, your right rte837 I'm gonna have it and I'm prepared for it but will try anything that may help along the way also. 8 days to surgery so just getting myself sorted ????

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Be proud of it and wear it as a badge of courage and commitment!

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There are people who end up not having loose skin. It does depend on age and highest weight, a lot of people will have loose skin. But not everyone.

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There are people who end up not having loose skin. It does depend on age and highest weight, a lot of people will have loose skin. But not everyone.

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GBLady41 is absolutely right.

I worried myself SICK about loose skin prior to surgery (that sounds so vain, but it's a concern!).

I'm 149lbs down and I have some pooching around my belly (fortunately nothing around my arms or legs), and I am DAMN PROUD of it. Maybe someday I'll look at getting that tiny bit removed, but I am so proud of that little bit of skin, b/c it means that that weight is GONE. That belly - is GONE. It sounds crazy now, because I was so worried about it before surgery, but you begin to focus on all of the positives afterward.

Being health > a bit of loose skin any day of the week!

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