I am getting married April 1 and have the almost perfect wedding dress except spanx are not doing the job with my loose skin. The back of the dress is fairly low so my compression garment can't be too high and the material is too thin to wear boning (it will show). I bought it thinking spanx would work but I need to either bandage this skin somehow or tape it to give a smoother appearance. I found a product on Amazon called Skinnies that can be used for stomach, arms and thighs and wondering if anyone has had luck with it or can suggest something else. Surran wrap would be just too hot for my Texas wedding. Down 150 lbs! I didn't want to have plastics before pregnancy.

First let me congratulate you on your wedding and finding the dress. Second I agree with compression and taping Wow Texas is hot even in April. Third I do believe there's beauty advice specific to the weight-loss community. No concern I'm going to more than one place for advice and ideas. There are some very specific psychological aspects to the post weight loss patient. No worries about transitioning to look in the other places for beauty advice no harm in asking here. Do what works for you. Best to you.

Congrats! You look beautiful in that dress!

What about a Spanx skirt? I also like the idea of some sort of lining being added to the dress. Good luck and be sure to post a photo with your solution!

oh wowwwww, that dress. SO beautiful. You have amazing taste! Congratulations on your health and success, your wedding, your gorgeous dress, and everything else!

Adhesive tape works on sweaty patients to hold tubes in. It is rough stuff hard to get off so use tape remover and use tincture of benzoin or skin prep before you put it on. Before you put it on make sure it is clean and dry and wait til the surface feels tacky before you put the tape on. You probably can get this white tape several inches wide. Medical supplies and veterans hospital have it.
You might check with bridal consultants. People have done this before,so ask and ask again.

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I read about a professional body builder who had lost a significant amount of weight. When she does the bikini walk she looks amazing. Turns out she pulls the extra skin up, puts double sided tape on it, then folds it like the flap to an envelope.

She's very very low body fat, so Idk if this would work in the real world, but I thought I'd pass it along. Maybe something like that could give you a smoother appearance and more confidence. But I still think you look great.

There's also a compression tape called KT tape that physical therapists use, and it comes in a variety of colors. I've bought it at CVS and WalMart in the past. Best part of KT tape is that it's an adhesive elastic tape that is breathable.

I think the only thing people will notice are your amazing boobs LOL. Mine totally went South after WLS. You look stunning, I would recommend finding a good seamstress and have something custom made out of compression material. Good luck on your new life.

Try vet wrap. You can find it in a horse tack store. You can get white or off white and it will come off easily. I forgot a sports bra at a horse show once and didn’t want to have my boobs flopping all over the ring. The vet wrap worked wonders. It looks great on you. Congrats on the weight loss and your wedding!

Could you maybe have the dress let out slightly to allow it to flow a little better over that area?

Wow! That dress is gorgeous and you look stunning! This may sound like a stupid question but did you ask the bridal store? I had a similar shaped dress that also had a low back as my reception dress and the bridal salon's alterations department had a low back corset top sewn into the top of my dress and they gave me full length shape wear pencil skirt for the bottom to get everything smoothed and sucked in. I ended up buying it (a new one), but they provided it in the store to use when I was trying dresses on.

I wouldnt sweat it. No one will notice your skin. Dont stress over trivial BS, youre healthier and will live a more active life, dot let some skin drag you down.

I agree she looks beautiful to me





Pre op diet 188
Surgery day 180
Cw 172.8

You look great. I like to wear tighter spanx. To make my tummy flatter lol I don't know if that will work but you look fabulous

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GaCaldwell has a good idea with get a tailored compression/shapewear garment.

The issue is, if you really have a lot of loose skin, you already know that moving it one place will make it stick out and move some where else. Like when I wear shapewear I have to go for basically my whole torso, even there are only a few places that need smoothing, because just smoothing one area will cause bulges in other areas.
So even if you can get some kind of low shape wear to work, I would still tape down my sides and have that tape tucked into the shapewear. That way you can have a perfectly smooth back.
If you are going to have a professional photographer, they can fix some things for you, but you can't control the pictures other people take. You have to also consider that an HD camera is going to pick up more details than a phone camera.

Try a few different things and practice. If you have a good friend that can help you with taping, all the better.

Were is it that normal weight people hang out. I have like 30 lbs to go till I can fit in somewhere like that but id like to know were to go !

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I feel the need to point out to the people who have been posting in this thread recently that it is over a year old, 2017 not 2018. The OP was already married way back in April of 2017. So, though it is very nice that you are still offering her advice on her wedding dress, I'm sure she doesn't need it now.

Hey you're right, maybe she could use the advice for being matron of honor-we all tried didn't we?


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