Re: AFTER WLS plastic surgery info needed

August 30, 2001

I think if you do not get the Intertrigo (skin on skin rashes) and can

fit into clothing well and you do not want additional surgeries that it

really is up to you. I wear a 12/14 and I have trouble fitting into

the arms of a size 14 also my skin jiggles like a shar-pe when I walk

and it can be painful if things get going to fast. I had a pannie and

now my tummy is wonderfully flat and free from intertrigo. I will

proably opt for more surgery because we are all different and what

happens to one person may not happen to another. Just make sure not to

use the same surgeon as that lady.

> Hi. I am waiting on insurance problems to be worked out but in the

> mean time, I would appreciate alittle information. My BMI of 67 to

> 68. I am only 5 feet tall and weigh 350 pounds. I am a 43 year old

> female. I do not want any further surgery after I have my DS

> surgery. Can anyone give me any information on what I can expect with

> my extra skin? Is it possible to live with it? My weight is pretty

> evenly distributed. I was large busted even at 150 pounds. I carry

> ALOT of my weight in my legs. Okay, I want the story after about a

> 200 pound loss. I feel that if I can obtain insurance approval and

> have my surgery and feel healthy and can sit in a regular chair with

> arms, sit in a booth, you know the rest, I will not be concerned with

> the extra skin. A friend went to church with a HUGE lady who had WLS

> and did great....until she got the tummy tuck....now she is almost in

> a coma....been that way for months...doesn't look good for her...I do

> not have rashes or problems " under my belly hang " now. I want the

> good the bad and the ugly....maybe not too ugly! HA!

> Hugs,

> Jerry, Southern gal from Louisiana

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