Surgery & Skin (Oh and Hello!)
Napjeeper
Posts: 36
Hi everyone,
This is my first topic post. I figured since I was lucky enough to find this group on here that I should throw out the question that's always in the back of my mind.
First and quick background. At 21 I was 6'7 and weighed 450lbs. After the surgery I dropped over 220lbs and then settled back at a comfortable 250. My doctor at the time told me that the other 20-30lbs to get me down to my 'ideal' weight of 220 would require plastic surgery. After awhile, I put some of that weight back on, and in the last year have come back down about 40lbs before I started here on MFP.
Now that I'm on here, and actively looking to get down and STAY down with my weight at a stable place, I'm starting to consider the surgery again. I'm curious if anyone here has had it done. What your recovery time was like, how much pain you found yourself in, did it help you like with back issues? I'm interested in anyone's feedback on this.
PS: Yes, this is a cosmetic thing to a certain degree, but I also know that taking that weight off the front of my body would considerably help the herniated discs in my back.
JD
This is my first topic post. I figured since I was lucky enough to find this group on here that I should throw out the question that's always in the back of my mind.
First and quick background. At 21 I was 6'7 and weighed 450lbs. After the surgery I dropped over 220lbs and then settled back at a comfortable 250. My doctor at the time told me that the other 20-30lbs to get me down to my 'ideal' weight of 220 would require plastic surgery. After awhile, I put some of that weight back on, and in the last year have come back down about 40lbs before I started here on MFP.
Now that I'm on here, and actively looking to get down and STAY down with my weight at a stable place, I'm starting to consider the surgery again. I'm curious if anyone here has had it done. What your recovery time was like, how much pain you found yourself in, did it help you like with back issues? I'm interested in anyone's feedback on this.
PS: Yes, this is a cosmetic thing to a certain degree, but I also know that taking that weight off the front of my body would considerably help the herniated discs in my back.
JD
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What are you planning to have done? I've had brachioplasty, a lower body lift, and a breast lift. I took 2 weeks off for my arms and 7 weeks off for my recovery from lbl/bl. I've heard that even a 10-15 pound flux in weight can mess up results so I think you really need to be stable at least 12-18 months. Good luck to you!!0
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Thanks for the feedback. Where you ultimately happy with the trade off of pain, cost, and time?
For me it's probably just the lower body lift that I'd be looking for. I'm kinda OK with my arms, especially as I start to fill them with some muscle mass from this.
As far as when this all might go down, it's WAY off, I've just started thinking about it as a goal. I've kinda reached the point of being sick of it being there.... I'll be stable for awhile before I'm ready to do it.0
