Anyone lost lots of weight and had excess skin removed pix?

My high is 452 lbs and I want to get down to around 235 or so. I am definitely going to have the skin issue and it really bothers me. I am curious about this as well.

I know there is an MFP member who lost 300lbs and then had skin surgery. He has pics, etc. on his website. His story is amazing.

www.gettingfit4life.com

To those worried about skin issues, try to focus on getting the weight off first before you become depressed about excess skin. You'll look a hell of a lot better/be a hell of a lot healthier with excess skin rather than excess weight! :flowerforyou:

I might add this surgery in alot of cases is done in an outpatient surgery center.. There are electives to still have it done in a conventional hospital but my surgeon even though he had practicing rights at 3 of the area hospitals does the majority of his surgery at the surgical center.... This center charges in block of hours and my circumferential body lift was billed as a 6 hour surgery. Everything went off without a hitch and my surgery took 5 hr. and 24 minutes so I got money back for the difference in time (your bill is paid a week ahead of surgery. If your surgery ran over the alotted time then you would be charged in 15 minutes blocks until the surgery was completed. I spent a few hours in recovery (that is all included in the price) and then I was released. I had my surgery done 90 miles from my home so my surgeon wanted me to stay in town and see me the next day before releasing me to go home... I stayed at a local hotel in a handicap accessible room with a recliner and then seen him the following day around 3 p.m. and then was home by 6 p.m. or there about..... My surgery was not covered by insurance so it was out of pocket and was just shy of $15k....... Hope that helps... Go to my website there are Pre and Post op pics, you tube videos, blogs.....

www.gettingfit4life.com

my surgeon tells me to waite atleast 2 years after I reach my goal which will be a total of 200 pounds lose. He tells me most the skin will reshape. I want to believe that as I do not want anymore surgery and would never have the money. Seems to me a person should be able to donate the skin to a burn unit and they pay part or all of the cost. Just an idea.

I know there is an MFP member who lost 300lbs and then had skin surgery. He has pics, etc. on his website. His story is amazing.

www.gettingfit4life.com

To those worried about skin issues, try to focus on getting the weight off first before you become depressed about excess skin. You'll look a hell of a lot better/be a hell of a lot healthier with excess skin rather than excess weight! :flowerforyou:

Beat me to it...... lol Make sure you put the surgeon over the price... I did my homework for over 6 months and meet with my top 3 choices b4 I decided on the surgeon I was going to have do my circumferential body lift... I paid a little more for him but in the long run it was worth it... If I had to do it again, I would in a heart beat, I had 17 lbs. of excess skin removed which made I huge difference in my overall appearance as well as mobility.... Best of Luck.....

You are very inspirational and im amazed at how far youve come! I have been hearing from different places that eventually that scars fade, is that true? Does your stomach look like its always been that way now? You are amazing congrats!

The scar will eventually fade to the point they won't be that noticeable but my definition of normal may be a little skewed because I have lost over 300 pounds and from what I was dealing with to the way I look now is night and day's difference. so when I weigh everything out, my age, the amount of weight I have lost, how much I had stretched my skin out, etc.... I think I look pretty good considering..... lol