loose skin....

[BlairE 1]

Hey there... I am being banded the 28th of Jan. but one thing that has been bothering me is if I am going to have a lot of loose skin as I lose the weight like ppl do with gastric bypass?

[ElfiePoo 109]

If you lose 100 pounds, you'll have loose skin. Depending on your age, how long you were overweight and (mainly) genetics, you may not have 'much' loose skin.

I'm 54, have been overweight for 40 years but have exceptionally good 'aging' genetics...which means I'm still going to have loose skin.

You can tone the muscle underneath, but when you have bat wings, wrinkles on your knees and wrinkles on your thighs, just below your butt...toning doesn't help much.

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[nursesandy 0]

I knew I was probably going to have loose skin because my skin isn't very elastic. I've had 5 kids and have so many stretch marks it is unreal so that was my first clue. I didn't give up hope that I would be one of those people who could lose weight and look great, but now I'm down 65 pounds and have lots of loose skin. I had never really thought about plastic surgery, but the looser it gets the more I am contemplating it. Hopefully you won't have it either, but you just never know.

[IndioGirl55 32]

Hey there... I am being banded the 28th of Jan. but one thing that has been bothering me is if I am going to have a lot of loose skin as I lose the weight like ppl do with gastric bypass?

Don't worry about the skin issue - that's why they make Spanx and have plastic surgeons for ;0) - which you may or not need - only time and dna will tell that story (age being a factor too and total amount of weight loss)

But remember this - the flabby skin isn't going to kill you but being obese is.. I'll take my flabby arms - legs & stomach any day over the 114 lbs that I use to carry on my body - Hell I look fantastic in m clothes !!!