How much does excess skin weigh, typically?

MonaLyssa33
on 5/2/17 9:20 pm - Minneapolis, MN
VSG on 02/20/17

I'm curious for those who have had plastics done, how much did your weight decrease afterwards? I'm trying to figure out if I should amend my goal weight to account for how much excess skin weighs.

Highest Weight ~400, Surgery Weight 293, Current Weight 227, Goal Weight 180

Highest BMI: 59.1, Current BMI: 32, Goal BMI: 25

VSG on February 20, 2017

AggieMae
on 5/2/17 9:23 pm
VSG on 10/25/16

It varies a lot from person to person. The skin doesn't weigh much, it really depends on how much fat is removed with it. I don't think it will effect your goal weight.

Gwen M.
on 5/3/17 4:59 am
VSG on 03/13/14

Everything I've seen here is that skin doesn't weigh much at all, so I wouldn't plan on plastics reducing your weight.

However, when I read back through the old forum posts here, I see people posting about how "the doctor removed 22 pounds!!!" I assume that this is also fat being removed. And, really, you don't want the doctor to have to remove a lot of fat/do a lot of lipo since that'll damage your lymph system depending on how it's done.

My plastic surgeon told me I could expect to have around 5 pounds removed by surgery.

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

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Laura in Texas
on 5/3/17 10:17 am

For most of us it is 5-10 pounds tops. Skin does not weigh much. I think mine was 5, but cannot even remember anymore. Our weight seems to even out afterwards so not much a change is usually seen on the scale.

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

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brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

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Leslie W.
on 5/4/17 7:58 am - Cobourg, Canada

For my TT took off 5 lbs but really did not see the scale move. Unless you have a drastic amount of skin you wont really see a difference unfortunately.

    
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Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 5/7/17 5:01 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16

One pound of skin was removed at my TT (no fat, all skin).

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-123 CW: 120 (after losing 20 lb. regain)!

FuturePinUp
on 5/8/17 7:38 am

I was curious about this, as well. I do have a lot of fat trapped under my loose skin (have a giant "pooch" between my belly button and pubic area), and am getting lipo on my flanks. I am thinking I'll likely see the number on the scale decrease around 5 lbs once it's said and done.

But then again, I'm also getting boobs so that may negate that. :P

VSG: 06/24/15 // Age: 35 // Height: 5'10" // Lost so far: 190 lbs

HW: 348 (before 2 week pre-op diet) // SW: 326 // CW: 158

TT/Lipo & BL/BA: 07/21/17 with Dr. Reish (NYC) BL/BA Revision: 01/11/18 with Dr. Reish (NYC)

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on 5/8/17 8:58 am, edited 5/8/17 1:59 am - PA
RNY on 12/22/14

Not as much as you would hope. But I had my worst problem areas taken care of, so a few pounds really appeared like 20 because it came off my saddlebags and underarms.

Ps - My saddlebags lipo got injected as part of my breast lift, so that was just a tradeoff.

Sharon

comeundone
on 5/9/17 5:06 am - OH

My skin weighed 9 pounds I really didn't have much fat I did have lipo on my thighs but had that put in my butt (not sure how much) but I had a lower body lift, long thigh lift, arm lift, breast lift and implants I'm 3 weeks post op and with swelling I weigh 1 pound more than before I started. I was amazed it weighed that much

HW 289  SW 242
      
-Cindyloo-
on 5/9/17 2:21 pm

I am six weeks post op and weigh 11 pounds less than when I started. Between skin loss and the extra calories I needed while healing, I lost weight.

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