Saggy skin after wls

[JessiPhoenix 9]

So, I'm a little worried about the whole saggy skin thing. I had the lap band done and lost about 70 lbs in 5 months. I didn't really have any saggy skin, just a little "pouch" in my stomach area. But my arms and legs were fine. Fast forward to now, I had to have it removed for medical reasons and I'm nervous for the weight loss after my bypass. I'm older now and have alot more health problems that have prevented me from being active. I was looking at getting those arms sleeve wraps to see if they might help during weight loss. And maybe one of those things that look like Spanx. Has anyone tried any of these? What has worked for you on helping with saggy skin?

[ShoppGirl 5,071]

As far as I know there is nothing you can do to prevent saggy skin. If it’s going to happen it just will. Those compression garments will certainly help with the appearance of saggy skin, though and if you already had excess skin surgically removed then you probably haven’t had it stretched out for very long which is a good thing.

Edited February 17, 2022 by ShoppGirl

[catwoman7 11,246]

I lost over 200 lbs, so I had a ton of saggy skin. Things like Spanx helped (at least appearance-wise), but I eventually had it surgically removed. It was very easy to hide under clothes, so no one knew it was there but me (well, and my husband) - but I didn't like looking at it. Anyway, this is me BEFORE I had the skin removed. My thighs were never that bad, but I had moderate batwing arms - and my abdomen looked HORRIBLE. But it was easy enough to hide in slightly oversized, long tops with 3/4 length (or longer) sleeves. Anyway, again, this was taken before I had plastic surgery, so as you can see, the excess skin isn't noticeable (but trust me...it was there!!)

[JessiPhoenix 9]

8 hours ago, ShoppGirl said:

As far as I know there is nothing you can do to prevent saggy skin. If it’s going to happen it just will. Those compression garments will certainly help with the appearance of saggy skin, though and if you already had excess skin surgically removed then you probably haven’t had it stretched out for very long which is a good thing.

Compression garments! That's what I was trying to say, lol