thanks...I'm going to look into that, though here in Arizona when it gets to be 115 in the summer, the last thing I want to wear is shapewear! but then I normally wear skirts and dresses to keep cool.

It's good that you are thinking about the whole big picture, because just having surgery doesn't change your life, except for the part that now you are healty, now you can walk into the store and buy something off the rack, now you won't be the biggest person in the room. Those are all HUGE things, but the issues you have with food and eating now will still be there. That's why many of us start to gain back, because this has to be approached like an alcoholic faces drinking- you can't jump off the wagon without consequences. It's a life-long change, that has to be addressed daily. Sometime it's the hardest thing in the world to take good care of yourself. And yes, my hair thinned out when the weight was falling off, but it grows back in. Yes, I have some baggy skin, but I was a lot older than you, so I don't have much elastic in my skin. You have young skin, so there's no telling what might happen.
I'd still do it again, my only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. But it's a very personal decision, because only you can manage yourself...

I am very happily 3 years out, actually started losing a little bit over the past few months but my surgeon and I are perfectly happy where I'm at. Good labs, take my vitamins, eat my protein. Part of my success is that I saw a shrink for a year to deal with my eating issues.
but my problem is this...
I've got extra skin...down 'there'.  Not just the mons area, if you know what I mean.
And wearing pants has started to become painful. The crotch always hurts me. I feel like a guy, always wanting to stand up and adjust myself.
Have any of you conquered this problem? I doubt I could ever afford a lower body lift, so unless I just wear skirts and dresses, I have to suffer? It does hurt.