i'm not banded yet, and i haven't gotten my date yet(most likely will get it on july 8th). but im kind of concerned about the excess skin. i was told that since im still quite young, i wont have as much. I only need to lose 113-116 pounds to get to my final goal weight, should i still be fine? i dont care if i have a little, but i want my tummy to be flat, and i want to be able to wear a bikini with confidence next year, and i want to beable to get the tattoo i want without the skin hanging over it (i want it on my hip bones) i dont want to have to worry about getting a tummy tuck or anything like that, just keep doing cardio :thumbup:

If your excess weight is evenly distributed everywhere you may be ok without bags of skin. But if you have most of it in one place like tummy (apple) or hips/butt/thighs (pear) then since its in one place it will have stretched skin more. You look very young so thats a plus....also places that have stretch marks are a clue that they may not snap back very well. Also the same # of pounds over weight is obviously worse if you are shorter (more stretch) and better if you are tall! Good luck, dont focus on that too much!