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:thumbup:Hello fellow lapbanders! I am new to the forum...I am at the beginning of my lapband journey and as you know have many questions. My first question and least important is, after surgery when the weight begins to shed is there alot of excess skin with the lapband compared to gastric bypass?

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Hi anxious. Welcome and congratulations on your decision to get banded. As far as the loose skin goes, I don't know, but I imagine it wouldn't be any different from bypass. Weight loss is weight loss.

On the other hand, thing might be better with the band because I believe our nutritional status would be better since we have no malabsorption issues.

All the best and keep posting!

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My first semmiar is also 7/7. It's the beginning of my journey too. I'm just hoping I get approved.

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i'm attending the seminar next week, and i'd like to thank all of you on this supportive site for giving me the courage...

anyone else here from long island?

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Welcome, as far as I know, loose skin depends on your age and the elasticity of your skin... The older we get, the less elastic the skin is and there will be more extra skin. The weight loss is slower than with a bypass...But, I don't know if the rate of loss affects the amount of loose skin.

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i'm attending the seminar next week, and i'd like to thank all of you on this supportive site for giving me the courage...

anyone else here from long island?

I am from Long Island. Had surgery 6/2/09 by Dr. Gabriel at St. Catherines of Sienna in Smithtown.

Any questions, fire away....

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Gastric bypass produces faster weight loss, as much as a pound per day in the beginning...and the result is a lot of loose skin. My surgeon told me that your skin going back to "before" depends on a great many things including your age, your physical condition (are you toning up) and that your skin continues to rebound for as much as a year after you stop losing weight. I'm nearly 59 and I have a little loose skin after 70 pounds. Not sure what it will be like in 64 more .....

There is a separate thread on this site regarding plastic surgery. You might get some answers there.

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