Skin Removal after GLP-1s - Worth it?

Started injecting B-complex with some B-5 because it's being studied for hair loss. Really helped with graying and my hairline is fuller now. Takes two months to kick in but the fine hairs showing up proved it. Adding vitamin E and collagen too, all pretty cheap.

I read that insurance sometimes covers skin removal surgery if it's documented. Depends on your policy and what your records show.

Started Tirz last July, down 77 now. Really happy where I am. Planning on losing another 10-12 with the surgery next year.

I'm super picky with protein shakes but the fair-life ones from Costco are actually worth the price. Tastes exactly like chocolate milk with zero aftertaste.

started 75kg, just hit 64kg, aiming for 56-58kg final. pre-perimenopause i was 56-63, ideal 58. set my goal at the bottom expecting ~3kg bounce. ideally hit 58 and maintenance for a year before stopping, but perimenopause inflammation will probably roar back.

The shift from hating loose skin to seeing it as evidence of the work - that's a perspective change worth having regardless of whether surgery is eventually on the table. 80 lbs is a major result. Does the current stage change how you're thinking about the surgery question?

Wow, incredible result. Congrats!! Curious, was there a surgical step involved for the loose skin? You're looking amazing.

Appreciate it. Now dealing with all this loose belly skin though. Actually waiting on that fleur de lis panniculectomy procedure, basically pannus removal plus an extra step, all coming out of pocket.

About to start klow mainly for the skin benefits. Got the vials, just doing my reading before diving in.

Down 123 pounds and yes, the neck thing is real and it does get to me, but honestly nothing short of surgery fixes it. Or regaining the weight, which nobody wants.

Knew this was coming going in, accepted early it's the cost of the journey. Wish more people heard upfront that this happens to some degree, unless maybe you're twenty and only carried extra weight briefly, and even then there's often nothing that fully prevents it. Especially dropping serious weight fast on reta. Or starting with a big amount to shed. Some things help the look or texture a bit, but nothing truly stops it.

Taking care of your skin has its own value regardless, worth starting if you haven't already.

Not sure honestly. People get facelifts constantly, similar though not identical to a neck lift. Risk of a hematoma needing follow-up treatment sits around 1.8-2%, nerve damage under 1%. Even those cases mostly resolve on their own within six to twelve months, roughly three-quarters to nine-tenths of cases clearing up. So if someone's aiming for a really lean BMI, low twenties or under, and loose skin's still bothersome, worth weighing the cost against those odds.

Might get a facelift myself down the road just for wrinkles. Planning to try GHK-Cu, microneedling, laser treatments, that sort of thing well before then, starting with GHK-Cu since it's the easiest, the rest only if it feels worth pursuing later.

That's fantastic! You genuinely look years younger than your age. Just curious whether you used any creams or had a procedure done to help with that.