Has anybody had a gastric/lap band?

Mojisola

marywooyeah wrote: »

my cousin had a gastric bypass and has now lost just under 12 stone - she looks amazing and feels fantastic.

What's happened to all the excess skin? Has she had further surgery to remove it?

marywooyeah

Mojisola wrote: »

What's happened to all the excess skin? Has she had further surgery to remove it?

funnily enough I've never asked. I'll be sure to drop it into conversation - "hey cuz, congrats on your weight loss by the way what happened to all the excess skin!?" :rotfl:

Mojisola

marywooyeah wrote: »

my cousin had a gastric bypass and has now lost just under 12 stone - she looks amazing and feels fantastic.

marywooyeah wrote: »

funnily enough I've never asked. I'll be sure to drop it into conversation - "hey cuz, congrats on your weight loss by the way what happened to all the excess skin!?" :rotfl:

Just wondered as you said she looks so good.

Having seen some of the people on Embarrassing Bodies who have lost a lot of weight, I think I'd rather be overweight than with empty flaps of skin all over the body!

marywooyeah

Mojisola wrote: »

Just wondered as you said she looks so good.

Having seen some of the people on Embarrassing Bodies who have lost a lot of weight, I think I'd rather be overweight than with empty flaps of skin all over the body!

she does look amazing, she used to be a size 30 now she's a 14! I have no idea what she has done with her skin but I imagine she does have a lot of excess skin. I never thought to ask her about it, but logically I suppose the next step would be surgery if the excess is bad. Maybe she tucks it in her pants lol! :rotfl: