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i am 9 months out of surgery...131 pounds down...i have posted pix for those that r interested in seeing the excess skin from weight loss...i started at 296...down to 165...no plastic surgery as of yet...is it pretty with clothes on...oh yes...is it pretty with clothes off...not really...is it worth it?????? definitely...my face...neck ...chin and back have not been affected by my loss...my arms...abdomen thighs and behind have....does everyone end up with excess skin...no...am i the worse case...far from it....i will take the skin over the 296 pound body i had anyday and with a huge smile...

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Oh wow. You were beautiful before you had surgery and you are beautiful now! Congratulations on your loss! I have at least 140 to lose and your pictures give me a little hope of not having a horrible body pre-plastics. Thanks so much for sharing :thumbup:

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You do look great. I got brave and posted some close ups of me too.

I like the way you say it - pretty with clothes on, just not so much with them off.

I've been thinking about a bit of surgery but I regularly stop and slap myself. Clothes on - hello - is that not how everyone sees us 99% of the time. I get frustrated with myself that I would actually think about depriving my kids of a family holiday so that I can spend money on Lipo to look good in a bikini that at 42 years old I would wear maybe 10 days in an entire YEAR and which I could simply choose not to wear anyway and in which I do actually look decent enough anyway.

Its a hard mentality to shake off though and I've lived it out publically on here many times, lol. But I really think people can be too quick to jump into the next round of surgeries following their weight loss without taking the time to just be.

I'm glad you've got a healthy dose of realism and good self esteem!

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2Fly, you are an inspiration!

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You look good and the skin doesn't look bad. You are just FLY!

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