Loose Skin, Saggy Breasts and Hair loss...OH MY!?

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17 hours ago, Sheribear68 said:

Okay so I’m late to the party, but here is my $0.02.

10 years ago I lost ALL of my hair when I was on chemo for TNBC.
The single biggest risk factor for any kind of cancer is obesity.

Eventually chemo ended, the hair came back (it was really weird hair for the first year— it was frizzy and a bit orange) and by 12-18 months post-Chemo, nobody would’ve known I was bald as an egg previously.

I’m 4.5 months post sleeve, and I’ve noticed some thinning— especially around my temples and on the top of my scalp and it’s slightly annoying because I’d rather not cut my hair until I hit goal and don’t feel like emphasizing my face until then. If it thins much more I might have to cut it.

Another side effect from having breast cancer is 2 reconstructive surgeries and scarring, etc.
the side that got the radiation is much firmer than the unaffected breast and at the end of the day there’s only so much plastic surgeons can do. 🤷‍♀️

I’ve also got stretch marks in various places across my thighs, abdomen, and upper arms from rapid weight gain and pregnancy. My skin prior to surgery totally was a wreck to start with.

I wanted to go into this detail because I’ve already experienced all of these things you’re worried about, and I was morbidly obese!

How I look at it now is I can have all these issues and be fat, unhealthy, unhappy, and at continued high risk for cancer recurrence, or I can be fit, fabulous, and happy and decide later if I want/need plastics for excess skin.

Honestly the plastic that I want most of all will be Lipo on my thighs.
Even when I was in my 20’s and weighed at or under 135, I HATED my thunder thighs and I had massive cellulite even when I was a size 4/6. *sigh

Edited to add...

I’ve lost 61 pounds and have gone from a size 22 to a size 14 since February 6th.

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[dark_chai 0]

Hello everyone. I’m a little over 3 months post surgery. Can you plateau this soon?

[Sosewsue61 3,185]

All three - Hair loss - it is coming back on nicely but was a rat tail for months and months, saggy boobs - you bet, loose skin - yep. But we are all going to end up old someday with all of that and more - and YAY for us because NOT getting old would be horrid.

Childbirth is another badge of honor that will give you all those things as well.... and no one would think twice about not having children based on those results. So go for it and forge ahead with grace.

[Sheribear68 3,201]

On 06/23/2019 at 12:39, dark_chai said:

Hello everyone. I’m a little over 3 months post surgery. Can you plateau this soon?

Yep. I went over 5 weeks at the same weight from month 3-4.
Now I’ve started losing again, but maybe at the rate of 1.5 pounds weekly.

I’m slightly disappointed, but gonna keep on pushing forward as going back isn’t an option