So I have surgery april 26th, I'm getting so close haha but one of my main fears is getting excess skin where ill need surgery. I am 5'6 275 pounds and I am 20 years old. I definitely carry my weight well right now and no one ever thinks I'm above 220. I do plan on getting my boobs done after but I'm so worried about my arms and stomach. I know ill either have lots of excess skin or ill be okay, and there's no way of knowing until I get there but I'm curious of anyone with similar age and stats could give me some insight on if they had lots or minimal excess skin! I haven't taken any pictures full body in a while bc its embarrassing to me lol but this picture was when i was 256 to give a idea, just add 20 pounds onto me lol

Obviously everyone is different, but I would think since you're so young, your skin will mostly snap back into place with proper hydration and toning.

I hope so honestly! I definitely plan to always stay hydrated and work out as much as possible! Thank you

I'm 23 and I'm scared of the same thing. I just started the process for my surgery. Let me know how it goes!

You could try using Palmers body oil too. It helped with my belly and stretch marks postpartum. It actually lightens up the color of stretch marks and keeps your skin soft and pliable.

I really feel like it is hard to say you won't get loose skin. Your body has been stretched out and now you are going to lose weight rapidly by a non traditional way. After I had kids my skin was never the same and now I know that it won't be with this. Most likely it will be your arms or maybe your thighs. I know it's sucks because idk if I can deal with extra surgeries myself. Just do your best and let it ride!

I really feel like it is hard to say you won't get loose skin. Your body has been stretched out and now you are going to lose weight rapidly by a non traditional way. After I had kids my skin was never the same and now I know that it won't be with this. Most likely it will be your arms or maybe your thighs. I know it's sucks because idk if I can deal with extra surgeries myself. Just do your best and let it ride!

Yeah I definitely feel like I might, and at most I'm hoping just an arm surgery honestly. I have big thighs but I've always had muscular legs from doing gymnastics and soccer. So I'm hoping that plays a good role in little to no loose skin. But After I had my daughter I bounced back immediately, like I left the hospital under my pre pregnancy weight, and I had a 9.8 pound baby so I stretched huge haha that was 33 weeks pregnant to 4 weeks postpartum. I'm really just hoping for the best! My insurance wouldn't cover anything besides a pani I think it's called so if I qualify I'm fine with getting that but anything else would be out of pocket and being 20 and a stay at home mom it would be difficult for sure!

hey! so i have super similar stats to you but i'm 23. i hold my weight the same way and i'm have big thighs from sports when i was younger. i'm on the path to getting a date set up and i know it's gunna be a long process. i am also worried about the skin like you so i was wondering if you could keep me updated on how your whole surgery and skin situation works out. i'm new to this site so i'm not sure if this is appropriate of me to ask lol but i feel like we might have similar experiences when the time comes for me to get surgery as well.