Very vain i know but is anyone worried about how they ll look after surgery

[cherry]

Sorry girls its very vain but i do think gosh what if it changes me so much that ill look gaunt or old!!!! i am only 27 BUT im frightened it ll age me loads... im very appreciative that ive got my surgery and that ultimatly my health comes first i do have to get that in first but looks are important to .... what do you guys think??... xxx

 

[Sambucca]

Honestly, it wasnt something that crossed my mind pre op. I just wanted the weight off.

Now I do feel I look a little gaunt, but hopefully it will sort itself out as I get further out and start maintaining.

 

[yorkshirelass74]

I cant possibly look any worse than I do now!

 

[cherry]

hey.. o absolutly i agree my weight coming off is the first and foremoth most important thing EVER i just wondered if anyone else felt like me.... xx

 

[yorkshirelass74]

Noooooo i got my hubby to take some pics of me in my knickers and bra on Wed (nothing kinky, its for my before and after pics!!), and to be honest it has frightened me (i think he will have to undergo councilling too!) I actually think i look ok untill i have a pic taken or catch myself in a mirror, then i get upset. I look absolutely horrendous, and i am so ashamed that i have let myself get to where i am now.:sigh:

 

[Mixman]

I look years younger apparently!

But I wasn't bothered how I looked, I wanted to live longer!

 

[cazbandy]

I do understand where you are coming from, but I know my body once I get to goal will be a massive train wreck of loose skin.

I will look good in clothes maybe but I'll never be on the telly with Gok!

WLS for me meant health. If I end up looking better as as a side effect, I'll be happy.

 

[Miss Tickle]

I'm in my 40's and know my lack of wrinkles is due to the fat stretching the skin. I do have wrinkles, just not as many as some of my skinny friends. I look older though due to being so big-it's ageing in itself . I'm worried I'll have a very baggy neck and as I already have dark rings under my eyes think baggy eyes are inevitable. But it's a risk I have to take. Wrinkly or dead-the choice is clear.

 

[PoppyCorn]

I started down this WLS road as I had just turned 30 and had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes...so my first worry was will I make it to 40 .

I completely understand where you're coming from, as I know I'll have loose skin, saggy arms and my face may even reveal wrinkles which up to now are nicely hidden in layers of fat .

But tbh I think I will look loads better than I do now (with clothes anyhoo!) and it's not vanity to think about this, it the nature of the beast as whether we like it or not looks are important to everyone - I'd be an outright liar to say otherwise.

So overall I'm not worried about how I'll look and I'm with Yorkshirelass - I can't possible look any worse

Poppy x

 

[jaffa_cake]

Hell yeah that was my main concern, my op had nothing to do with health concerns I just wanted to look good.

I was almost 16st and looked hideous, I am over the moon with how I look now, I get lots of male attention lol, I can go into shops and buy what ever I want etc so I couldn't be happier with how I have turned out. I want to spend my life feeling good about how I look not depressed about it so my op has done its job

 

[phatmomma]

When you get out of bed looking like Ken Dodd most mornings there aint much that can freak you out

I am not going to worry about saggy skin or looking older, cos the saggy skin won't kill me 20 yrs early and as for looking old so long as i don't feel it, hey ho! Trev likes older women lol x

 

[SOON SLIM SUE]

I'm 55 soon, so i am old. theres practically no elasticity left in my skin, but i don't think i look to bad. look at my neck on my profile pick.

 

[claudia24]

i had my surgery when i was 24, im now 25 and i get told i look so much younger and better then i did lasy year, and this is from ppl who dont know ive had surgery, so dont worry xxxx

 

[shelbell]

I'm 30, so was only a year older than you when I had surgery. Everyone tells me I look a lot younger now, I look healthier, and with clothes on I look completely normal. Yes, I have excess skin, but my arms are ok and hopefully my tummy will be sorted out within the next 12 months.

 

[marky v]

1st things 1st!! lose the weight!! then wait for the barrage of comments of how much younger/well/healthier you look comments....i promise you, you'll look back at posts like this and wonder what you were thinking about!!

 

[cherry]

thanks everyone x

 

[J-Mo]

I'm of the opinion that I can't look any worse & if my fella has a problem with what I look like after surgery then he can jog on! Brutal, yes, honest, yes!!
This surgery means that I can fulfil my duties as a mam & see my son's grow! They are 15 & 16 now, I want to see them graduate, marry, have kids etc. Thats what surgery means to me.
I want to feel comfortable in clothes & be able to do things that my size at the moment doesnt allow. I want confidence etc. If my face looks like a leather handbag then so be it. Achieving everything else will far outweigh it.

 

[cherry]

very well said j mo x

 

[dottychic]

Hell yeahhh!!! lol, nothiung wrong with being brutally honest, at least people dont get the wrong idea x

 

[kay milburn]

im with j-mo.