This is a photograph of how I looked from the left one day after undergoing Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) Plastic Surgery with Lateral Thigh Lift to remove excess sagging skin from my midsection (150 lb. weight loss). The blood stains on the compression garment show the seepage from the suture areas, which stopped almost immediately. Note that the surgical drains are squeezed to make a suction for the drain fluid. Read My Story and see more "Before and After" Photographs.

Background: I am a 54 year old man who is 5' - 7 1/2" tall and had attained a weight of over 300 pounds. Over 2 years of dieting and daily exercise I reduced my weight to 155lbs (lost over 150 pound weight loss). This left me with a lot of excess skin around my belly and midsection. Since I didn't want to live with this for the rest of my life (See my "Before" Pictures), I decided to look into a Tummy Tuck operation.