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I have been thinking more and more about this loose skin subject. I am seriously considering doing it now. Not to long ago I posted on this subject and kind of came to the conclusion that I should not get a tummy tuck/abdominoplasty. I am slowly moving in the direction of getting it done now. i am tired of seeing the extra fat/skin on my lower stomach. As I said a couple of days ago, sometimes I have a “good body day” where I don’t mind it so much, but most of the time I just stare at it. I think about how it hangs there and how I wish it was gone.
So here I am again. Back at the drawing board trying to decide whether or not to cut off my stomach or not. I am mostly worried about two major issues. Well, major issues in my mind at least:
- I am so scared of going under with anesthesia.
- I am worried about not being able to exercise during the recovery and whether or not I will be able to maintain my weight during that period.
Recently, I have been told some things about these two issues from people who have gone through with it. One person said that they were able to get local anaesthesia instead of going all the way under because they only got the skin removed and had no work done on the abs. Most women have ab work done because of prior pregnancies, but I don’t have that issue. This is the thing that really got me thinking about doing the surgery. The other issue was that all of the people I talked to either stayed the same or lost during the recovery. Of course they all gained at first from swelling but after the basic 6 week no-exercise rule they lost or stayed the same. This is looking pretty promising.
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I am going to try and get with some doctors about this and discuss what the options are. If I do it, I would like to do it in October after the Portland Marathon. I will keep you all posted as to what I learn and how the visits with the doctors go.
If I do go through with it, I will start taking and posting the real pics of my lose skin as to document the change.
My angle on weight loss 