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I have have not yet been banded. I'm getting banded on 12/15. Over the past 4 months I have lost 20 lbs and I have 70 to go. I'm 24 yrs old. And Im curious to know if I'm going to have excess skin that will need to be removed after I lose the weight? I know there is no way of forecasting of whether or not this will be an issue... however I would be interested to hear from people with similar stats on whether or not excess skin was an issue after weight loss.

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Hi: I have lost 75 lbs and I have lots of loose skin, however....I'm also 55....a lot older than you and I have been overweight for a lot longer than you.

I can't say for sure if your skin will bounce back....but it has a much better chance than mine....yours should still be somewhat resilliant.

Carol

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Good luck with your surgery. I was 59 when I had my surgery so I have alot of flabby skin especially on my arms. At 24 yrs your skin should shrink without problems. be sure to do some form of exercise to develop muscles where the flab was.

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I have lost 123 pounds so far and have lots of saggy skin. Mainly on my stomach and inner thighs. I have lost quite rapidly (just short of 7 months) so I think that palys a part in it also. Plus I have been overweight most of my life. 36 years of abusing the skin makes it hard to bounce back. But, I wouldn't trade the saggy skin for the extra weight for anything. I love what the band has done for me and if I have to have a TT, then so be it.

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I'm right there with you ousooner....I have lots of sagging skin....but, I can hide it....I couldn't hide the extra 75 lbs. I wouldn't give my band up for anything.....I just may have a TT too.

Carol

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The good thing about the band Vs. the bypass is weight loss is slower so the chances of flabbiness are less. Also eating your 60 grams of Protein helps with not getting flabby. If you are not eating enough protein you can lose lean muscle mass which makes you flabby. I lost over 100 lbs in 18 months. and I have no intentions of getting any kind of tuck or skin removal. you should be OK

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Man, PreOps have this question a lot. Here's a common from my (off-site) blog:

I often see Weight Loss Surgery Pre-Ops and Newbies (new patient) worry or obsess about whether they’ll need Plastic Surgery later.

I’ve even see morbidly obese people struggle with needing to lose 100, 150, or 200 pounds but they say that they don’t want to have Weight Loss Surgery because they think they might need Plastic Surgery later.

I guess my thought on this is - It's only an issue if you lose the weight.

Why stress about it?

Concentrate on getting the weight off first then start thinking about reconstructive work. One thing at a time!

And of course I don't think it's a case of everyone 'needing' plastic surgery.

Everyone has a different tolerance level for hanging skin. I had zero tolerance! I want to look great.

So maybe my attitude is a bit different. I'm single/no kids and wanted a single girl's wardrobe. I knew a long period of obesity had done a number on my body. Nothing on me "bounces back" no matter how fast or how slow I lost weight. Period.

And since I don't have some man who has sworn to love me "for better, for worse" or "For wrinklier, or For saggier" I approach this knowing that someone would be seeing me for the first time. One day I might not be single - and I was hoping not to traumatize whoever the poor sap is who sees me unclothed (the only men who see me unclothed now all have medical licenses so they're not allowed to faint on sight).

But I knew I'd only need some work if I got the weight off first. Trust me, for a lot of people you won't know how you'll look or how you'll feel about how you look, until you get nearer to your goal weight.

So maybe it's not something to really quantify until you're at that point.

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