Fun with extra skin

Yeah, my skin floated too. That was weird!

I will tell you, I have a cast-iron stomach. Most things do not gross me out (For example, I intently watched my plastic surgeon remove part of my belly button and tighten it up a few weeks ago.) HOWEVER, I never could play with my extra skin. I could never pick it up and move it around or anything. It grossed me out. Thank God I got it removed. Now I (and my hubby) play with my body ALL of the time!

Nicolle

HA hahaha   JEALOUS!!!!!!  :) GOOD FOR YOU (and hubby)

You know those high powered blowers in a public bathroom? I have the most fun with those when drying my hands.

I guess since I am single, I worried about becoming intimate and how gross (not to mention misleading) it may be to my future partner.  However,I really, really do not want to ever have surgery again so I (at this point) am against having plastic surgery.  Although I said I would never have WLS so.......  I am very busty and was previously thinking about a reduction due to the back pain.  However, I am waiting to see if they go down as I lose weight.

I feel you here - I am recently single again, and the thought of anyone seeing this hot mess at the moment just freaks me out. Then again, I dunno... I was loved at 360 lbs, so why not now at 195?

The boobies will likely shrink, I  must say. I was a 48 DDD, now I'm comfortably a 40 C. And they are saggy little things, but honestly, it's a lot better than I thought it would be. I'm also pushing 40 and have had 3 babies. So you know what? It is what it is. I'll take being able to climb mountains now over not being able to tie my shoes before!

What's even more amazing is what can be done by a good plastic surgeon. My boobs were so sad and I never dreamed my surgeon could have given me the results that he did. I look back at my before pictures and I swear the man was a miracle worker...LOL

Skin elasticity is also genetic. Some people have more elasticity than others beyond factors like age, etc. Once you have stretch marks, though, it will not go back no matter what. Exercise can help build muscle, etc., but if you have a lot to lose saggy skin is in the cards, and I am looking forward to it as a choice vs. an extra 150 pounds.

Am I the only poor soul on here that will not be able to afford plastics?

Nope, right there with ya. Hubby and I are in the process of declaring bankruptcy, so we are truly hella broke. But I have hope, that maybe, just maybe someday, we can figure out a way to swing it.

Best of luck to you.  I dream about it, but it will never happen.