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Okay so I have just gotten a surgery date for the VSG. I am excited and nervous. I don't have many supporters which just makes things a little worse. But in the long run it's my decision. I am low BMI (37). I am 5'2 and weigh 206lbs. I've made the mistake of mentioning to 2 or 3 close friends and relative what my plans were and of course they respond by saying you are not big enough to have such a surgery. Meanwhile, I am only 37 years old, I have GERD, a hiatal hernia and high blood pressure. So the health issues and the fact that I can't walk up a flight of stairs without gasping for air are enough for me to have made this decision. Technically I am 75 - 80 lbs overweight and while that might not seem like a lot to some, I am short so it's tough on my heart.

Anyway, this forum has been very helpful today. I've been reading often before I registered and you have all been great!

I'd like to know if anyone here experienced sagging skin after weight lose. I here that toning and drinking Water helps with skin elasticity. I'd also like to know how much weight came off within the first weeks of surgery. I guess dropping it off so fast concerns me.

Thank you all in advance for your responses.

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I was about the same weight and close to your BMI when I had my VSG. I didn't see the point in waiting until I got fatter - it'd just put me at risk of developing health complications and would result in more loose skin after VSG. I knew I was only going to get bigger, not smaller, if left to my own devices, so I figured, I was by no means "too small" for WLS.

I have a small amount of loose skin, but it's pretty inconsequential. You have to make peace with the idea that you will NOT look like an 18-year-old cross-country athlete who's never had an ounce of fat on her body, but you will look a zillion times better than you do now. The only area where my loose skin is in any way noticeable is on my inner thighs - where I carried most of my weight. If I run, you can see the "waves" of skin going up and down my thighs, but otherwise, it's not very obvious. I just avoid running in very short shorts, haha.

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