Re: Do younger WLS patients still need a tummy tuck?

[Guest guest]

I just turned 40 and mine was approved for kaiser to cover it ! So I

guess it just depends on your skin elactisity, how much you lost,

where you carried the weight, c-sections etc. Mine comes off in two

weeks !!!! yipee!!!!

Huggles

> I was wondering . . . are there many WLS patients who loose more

than

> 100 pounds who do NOT need pannedectomy (tummy tuck).

>

> Does the skin retract better on a younger patient?

>

> I just turned 50 years old, and I fully expect to need this

> additional surgery.

> --Sandi H.

> Dr. Leo - 6/03/04

> weighed 315 at orientation (May '03)

> 252 at surgery, last weighed at 215.5 (8/7/04)

> sandiantoytrain @ yahoo . com

[Guest guest]

I don’t know Sandi, but that’s

a good question. I have 30 more pounds to lose before I join the century club

and I’m 37, so I guess I’ll let ya know,

but as it looks now, I think I will need a tummy tuck (and a boob lift –

oh what the hell, might as well do the inner thighs too!!!)

Do younger WLS patients still need a

tummy tuck?

I was wondering . . . are there many WLS patients who

loose more than

100 pounds who do NOT need pannedectomy (tummy

tuck).

Does the skin retract better on a younger patient?

I just turned 50 years old, and I fully expect to

need this

additional surgery.

--Sandi H.

Dr. Leo - 6/03/04

weighed 315 at orientation (May '03)

252 at surgery, last weighed at 215.5 (8/7/04)

sandiantoytrain @ yahoo . com

[Guest guest]

Hi Sandy,

I think that it would depend a lot on how one carried her weight, but I haven't

heard of any who don't need some work if the weight loss is great enough.

My friend who had surgery 2 weeks before me is only 27 years old and it

is looking like she will need a tummy tuck if she want a flat tummy. However,

her skin is definitely tightening up much better than mine - I'm twice her

age. Her arms and legs are looking good and it looks like the tummy tuck

is the only reconstructive surgery she will need. I should be so lucky!

Tummy, breasts, thighs, arms, rear, neck, face . . . it is all drooping.

Sigh! Oh, well . . . better the drooping than carrying around the extra

tonnage.

All the best,

Kay

in San Leandro

open RNY 12/1/03

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Message-----

From: Sandi H.

Sent: Wednesday, August 18,

2004 12:15 PM

To: gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients

Subject:

Do younger WLS patients still need a tummy tuck?

I was wondering . . .

are there many WLS patients who loose more than

100 pounds who do NOT need pannedectomy (tummy tuck).

Does the skin retract better on a younger patient?

I just turned 50 years old, and I fully expect

to need this

additional surgery.

--Sandi H.

Dr. Leo - 6/03/04

weighed 315 at orientation (May '03)

252 at surgery, last weighed at 215.5 (8/7/04)

sandiantoytrain @ yahoo . com

[Guest guest]

I am 35 years old and needed the Tummy Tuck. (panniculectomy) I just

had it two weeks ago. I had eleven pounds removed! I have lost a

total of twenty pounds since surgery. I feel good, not great, but

good:) I am a little sore and have just started to stand straight.

I was sewn so tight, but that is a good thing. My incision is hip to

hip, and my belly button was repositioned. I am really pleased with

the results, my stomach is very flat.

Rita

400lbs Open RNY UCLA 03/02

230lbs Tummy Tuck 08/04 Kaiser Bellflower

210lbs Current