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180lb Weight Loss Post Sleeve Gastrectomy, Skin Removal, Body Lift - Tijuana, Mexico
UPDATED FROM back2barb78
5 months post
Sorry I've been MIA for a minute!!!
WORTH IT
Hi!! I'm really overdue on the update!! I've been relocating to another state, doing a travel assignment, and just all over the place!! Anyway I'm doing well and because of my schedule have not been hitting the gym like I normally do but my travel assignment will be over at the end of January so hopefully things will get back to normal as far as my workout schedule although I'll have to find a new gym. Body wise I feel great and have put on a couple lbs which is ok with me because I'm a little on the thin side in my book. Here are some update pics! Also if anyone has any questions feel free to PM me. I'm so sorry if you did and I've not gotten back to you but I've been a busy gal for a minute!!
UPDATED FROM back2barb78
3 months post
Before, during and after sleeve gastrectomy and lower body lift pics
Lots of pics!
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Fantastico !
Grazie!!
You look awesome
Thank you I'm so thankful for everything and everyone's support
You are just looking so stunning. Does your face hurt from smiling so big??? I don't think I'd ever walk away from a mirror if I looked as great as you do! I have to say you have one of the cutest faces, too. You really should be doing Dove commercials or something like that. I'm so happy for you :)
Thank you so much. You know what honestly looking in the mirror is still a bit weird at times. I was heavy for a long time but the bulk of my life I was an average person. But it's still strange. I've seen my reflection in a window and gone who the heck is following me and it's me! So funny. It's been 2 years since my sleeve now and it's getting more normal day by day. And I absolutely smile ear to ear not just because of this but i smile big for personal reasons as well
:) :) :) Big smiles!
What an amazing transformation ! You were a beautiful girl even when larger, but I imagine you feel so much better. Congratulations.
Thank you and I really do feel good. I was starting to have chest pain and heart palpitations. I also started getting these indentations and sores from my bra in my skin under my arms. It was too much and I was done. I had to do something about my weight. And I'm so happy I did :)
What an AMAZING transformation!!! Congrats :)
Thank you. I love your icon :)
UPDATED FROM back2barb78
3 months post
3 months post lower body lift update
I've been MIA for a bit!! But I will always check and answer questions if anyone asks so don't hesitate to send me a PM. So I'm 3 months postop now and a lot of the swelling has gone away and I can see more curves now if that makes sense. I still wore an abdominal binder at work until I was about 2 months just to help the swelling since I do 12 hour days. It would feel like a balloon that was about to pop sometimes!! I've been using bio oil and Mepitac silicone tape on my skin/ scar. The tape stays in place for days and doesn't come off even with showering. I can tell the difference between wearing the tape and not wearing the tape because I have the scar under my belly button that will flatten out when I wear the tape. The weird thing is that when I don't wear the tape it raises right back up! I don't know if it will stay flat over time or what. I'm itchy from the healing so I walk around scratching a lot :) I'll attach pics!!
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Your lift pics caught my attention and I was puzzling over how your lower body ended up looking like it had been through some kind of war... then I saw your gastrectomy pics and it all made sense. I have to tell you, I admire your courage. You are a brave, brave lady. Making such a complete change in your body is really hard emotionally, despite the joy you get at seeing yourself become the image of who you always were in your head. The hardest part of this kind of change is being prepared with the changes that will happen around you, with your friends and family, and within your own psyche and how you identify with the world. And this change took literally 20 years off you. You are that different. I understand what you have, and will continue, to experience. So always remember, you have made a solemn promise to yourself that you can never go back on. And that promise is to take care of and cherish the gift of this second chance that modern medicine has given you. Enjoy your life, live your dreams, you deserve happiness. Never break that promise.
Thank you. I'm glad you do understand. Honestly after the surgery you look in the mirror and see the swelling and feel like you're about to literally explode and have some moments where you're thinking "what the $?@& did I get myself into." Plastic surgery is no joke and shouldn't be taken lightly. I went into it in a great headspace and am a very positive person. I was not scared- AT ALL. I got myself back to what I was before I let myself get so out of control-hence the screen name. I will always remember where I've been and am not surprised by how people react to me. Sometimes is amazing and sometimes it's downright annoying but I'll take it and brush it off. I've been through so much in my life my one goal is to work hard and maintain a level head and enjoy my life as well.
You should be smiling you look wonderful!!!
Thank you!!
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