Pre-op exercising? Flabby skin?Anyone my age?

[JoJoscircus 0]

Hi this is my first post. Im 16 and I'm preparing for gastric sleeve in late November or early December. Yes i know that i am young but if you've went threw what i went threw you'd understand and I'm sure most of you do. I just had a couple of questions. So my surgeon was explaining to me that a lot of weight loss surgery patients end up having to have plastic surgery to take care of the flabby skin do to the quick weight loss or something like that. He said that i shouldn't even worry about flabby skin because the younger you are the less flabby skin you'll have and i shouldn't have any at all. Is their anyone out there who didn't get the flabby skin problem? Anyone around my age? And to help the skin problem ive been exercising here and there just to tone up so that after surgery i can already be in the habit of working out and toneing my body. Any advice on that?

[mnmlst 249]

I'm not your age but I do know that the younger you are, the more likely your skin is to bounce back.

I'd go with what your doctor says. If s/he says don't worry about it, don't. You can always cross that bridge later if you need to.

I wish I had 16 year old skin. I can tell you that much.

[JoJoscircus 0]

@@mnmlst thank.

Edited October 3, 2014 by JoJoscircus

[BitterSweet* 835]

No advice, but good luck to you. The mental aspect of this journey can be difficult and I hope that part of your preparation for surgery has addressed this.

I think your doctor is right. At your age, even with stretched skin from weight gain, all of your collagen is still intact. That gives you a snap back feature that older people lack. Working out consistently will ensure your success with skin rebound.