im a gastric bypass patient, been big all my life, down 3 stone so far, really worried about skin, has anyone got any tips on how to minimise excess skin as ur losing... i was gonna try swimming. also i was told the tummy tuck was painful (this woos doesnt like pain) is that true? what is the recovery time?? and was it really worth it????
wow sian just looked at ur diary and saw the pics!!! ive lost 3 stone and probably have another 5 or 6 to go so i think i am gonna get skin.... at the bypass i was told the pain was about a 5 and that the tummy tuck was a 7-8 so i think your really brave, i can see why you did it tho you look fantastic now!!!!
Donna xx
Hey, I'm new to this forum.
I'm 18, dropped from 24 stone to my current weight of 14 1/2 stone. I still have a couple more stones to go though. But I have some pretty bad loose skin, which causes me a lot of embarrassment and prevents me from doing a lot of things I'd like to do. It's been about 18 months since I started losing the weight, but I didn't have weight loss surgery, I just did it through exercise and healthy eating.
Would the fact I lost weight without surgery work against me in terms of getting treatment on the NHS for my loose skin?
Any help/advice appreciated, I don't really know where to turn. I certainly couldn't afford to pay for the treatment.
Hey, I'm new to this forum.
I'm 18, dropped from 24 stone to my current weight of 14 1/2 stone. I still have a couple more stones to go though. But I have some pretty bad loose skin, which causes me a lot of embarrassment and prevents me from doing a lot of things I'd like to do. It's been about 18 months since I started losing the weight, but I didn't have weight loss surgery, I just did it through exercise and healthy eating.
Would the fact I lost weight without surgery work against me in terms of getting treatment on the NHS for my loose skin?
Any help/advice appreciated, I don't really know where to turn. I certainly couldn't afford to pay for the treatment.
No it won't go against you at all, the most important thing is you've lost the weight and you've kept it off.
It is 3 weeks today since I had my tummy tuck on the NHS but unfortunately as people have said before, it is a postcode lottery and my PCT (I don't know about others) don't do the liposuction as well (for obvious reasons the surgeon said - meaning £££). but when all is said and done I have had the treatment for free so cant grumble.
Ok. Would you say it's a good idea to book an apointment now, or wait until I reach goal weight first?