How much did you lose when your skin was removed???

Raven300
on 3/19/12 7:52 am
 My LBL removed 13lbs of skin/tissue.  I had a fair bit of tissue attached to the skin. My BL removed another 1 pound.
     HW-345,SW-300, CW-144lbs.  DS 5/11/10. 
     First round of plastics with Dr. LoMonaco 11/8/11  LBL, BL. 14lbs of skin removed.
     2nd round with Dr. LoMonaco 2/8/12 Brachioplasty, Thigh lift,  Breast Implants.
       
kathkeb
on 3/19/12 8:38 am
My surgeon took 3.6 pounds of skin with my tummy tuck.

I also lost about 2 pounds total from my brachioplasty.

Skin does not weigh as much as I wanted it to!!!!!!
Kath

  
ChaChaCha
on 3/19/12 10:28 am - Cleveland, OH
My surgeon removed between 2 and 3 lbs. of skin.
          "We live in a society where it's more socially acceptable to be a junkie than it is to be overweight."     --CC Deville, guitarist for Poison    
Suite1
on 3/19/12 12:43 pm - Dayton, OH
Mine didn't weigh how much skin he removed.  I went in at 152.5 and with implants, swelling, etc I've been pretty much 149-150 over the past 2-1/2 weeks.  I know my upper scars from the RNY laproscopy are probably 4-6" lower than they started out.

You WILL look deformed for a while - just mentally prepare yourself for it.  I felt like a praying mantis the first week or two between the oddly shaped implants, being hunched over, the incision all away around, etc.    Doc told me to not look in the mirror every day but to wait 2-3 days to really notice changes.  I took photos the day before, and last week and will probably take some tomorrow or the next day - it helps to compare things more realistically and see the progress you might not notice in the mirror.   I'm not ready to post them even with blacked out areas just because I've got some OH friends that I also see in person at support group meetings and that would just be awkward!

HW:  280  SW:  262.5  CW:  150
  GOAL!!!!   One week shy of my surgiversary!

     
LBL, TT, BA on 3/2/12 - Dr William Rigano  

jkjstars123
on 3/19/12 1:59 pm - Tama, IA
With my panniculectomy he took off 5.2 pounds of skin.

  HW 304, SW 291, GW 160, CW 140 H-5'9.5"            

    

Jujuvee
on 3/19/12 6:11 pm
16.3 with my circumferential and brachioplasty... but my scale is just showing -10

HW 405- Pre op weight 374- Plastics weight 203 Current weight 194

Circumferential lift/Brachioplasty November 8, 2011

16.3 pounds removed.

Revisions + Thighplasty  October 23, 2012

Breast lift- Spring 2013
 

shamr0ck
on 3/20/12 1:17 am, edited 3/20/12 1:17 am
Adjustable Gastric Band on 12/20/10
My doc said probably 5-7 pounds, and it wound up being a bit over 6.  I was not a "big" loser, though, having only lost about 60 pounds.  However, i have also had 7 pregnancies which caused a lot of the skin issues.

I was thrilled not to have to have lipo.  He said my underlying muscle structure was great, and there really wasn't much residual fat that would benefit from lipo.

I am 13 days out from my lower body lift, and down 12 pounds on the scale from the morning of surgery.  This surgery almost seems to have jump-started my weight loss again.
Highest weight - 224   Surgery weight - 201   Current weight - 155
Goal - (surgeon) 155; (personal) 138-bodyfat 20%

    

    
NoMore B.
on 3/20/12 1:53 am
 It depends on how much you losr, and how low your BMI is at the time of plastics (how much fat you have left).

I had my plastics at a normal BMI, after losing about 140 pounds.  I had 7 pounds removed with my LBL, and 4 with my thigh lift.  Not everyone sees a difference on the scale though, because the skin the surgeon removes is filled with fluids, and your body restores some of that.  It's tissues and fluids that get removed.  For an overall removal of about 11 pounds, my scale changed about 6-7 pounds total.  What matters more, is that I went down 2 pants sizes, from a 10 to a 6.
DetroitGirl
on 3/20/12 5:40 am
 My PS removed 15.2 pounds of skin/tissue when he did my extended tummy tuck. As of today my weight is only down 6 pounds since surgery (I'm 5 1/2 weeks out). I assume the rest is swelling.
MyLady Heidi
on 3/20/12 5:45 am
My doctor guessed it was about 6lbs, I never saw it on the scale until I lost weight gradually on my own,  the swelling kept up for many many months.
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