Reader Laura’s Comment:
“This story is about one of the contestants who was on The Biggest Loser. After losing 140 lbs she is looking into getting plastic surgery to remove her excess skin. She mentions that she is going to wear a bikini the next time she goes to the beach. Can someone who lost that much weight still look good after the major surgeries they have to go through to remove the excess skin? Wouldn’t there be a lot of scarring?”

“I worked so hard to lose the weight,” Phillips said. “I never thought I’d be a candidate for plastic surgery but I am so for it. I worked so hard, I want this to be the total package. I’m growing older — I’m going to be 50 this June — and I want to feel and look the best that I ever did. And I do, I feel it, but with this extra skin, it’s like it’s not good enough … with the surgery it will be.”

Phillips plans to have a tummy tuck and work done on her breasts this summer. Thomas had surgery about two months ago to raise and reduce her breasts and remove skin from her stomach and arms. She also had some liposuction to remove fat stored in her hips.

Source: http://www.ourmidland.com/news/article_8eb71a2a-072d-5710-8e64-7d4e417cfc2d.html

Many of my post extreme weight loss plastic surgery patients would say “Yes.” It is true that the operations some of these women choose can make finding the right swimming suit a bit more work than usual. On the other hand, these operations frequently make the choice of a bikini possible whereas it might not have otherwise been.

The woman in the news story will probably be better served by a lower body lift than a straight tummy tuck, but some women compromise at an extended tummy tuck and are quite happy. Below is a link to an example of an after extreme weight loss extended tummy tuck in one of my patients.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

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