Mimi Hurtado lost over 100 pounds but was left with excess skin and poor results from previous surgery. Dr. Sean Simon performed three procedures—tummy tuck, body sculpting, and breast augmentation—to address the abdomen, flanks, back, thighs, arms, and chest, restoring her confidence.
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Alright, Phil, thanks. A local woman lost more than 100 pounds after weight loss surgery, but she still wasn't happy with how she looked. That was until a doctor helped her transform her body. 7's Christine Cruz shows us how she went from fat to fit. Mimi Hurtado's weight has been an issue for as long as she can remember.
I was always an overweight child, and I found comfort and a coping mechanism in food.
She decided to have gastric bypass surgery when she couldn't believe the number on the scale.
I'm pretty sure I topped over 300 pounds.
After the surgery, Mimi lost half her body weight.
Approximately about 140 to 150 pounds.
But then she was left with all this excess skin.
I was under the delusion that once I got all the weight off, then that was it, you know, then it— euphoria.
Plastic surgeon Sean Simon says it's a problem for many who undergo weight loss surgery.
What some patients don't realize is that They've traded, in essence, one issue, which is the excess weight and medical problems, for another issue, which is excess skin.
What's worse, Mimi had reconstructive surgery to remove the hanging skin and was left with terrible scarring and bulges.
The way the other surgeon left me, I felt like Frankenstein.
She couldn't even look at herself.
I was completely and utterly mortified when I would look in the mirror.
Then she found Dr. Simon.
She was frustrated. She was sad because she felt like no one was willing to take on a complicated case.
And it was complicated. Mimi needed a lot of work.
From the arms, the chest, including her breasts, which had not been addressed, the abdomen, the flanks, the back, the thighs.
She then had to face her fear of more surgery.
He took the time, you know, and reassured me that he was going to do the best that he could.
Dr. Simon told her there would be 3 procedures.
There's going to take multiple stages, and we'll address different body parts in different stages.
After a tummy tuck, body sculpting, and breast augmentation, Mimi cannot believe her new body.
Mere words can't express what I feel for what he's done for me.
Now she can throw away the oversized clothes she used to hide in.
I do like a little happy dance, you know, when I look at myself and I'm getting dressed and I go to my closet and it's an ocean of clothes that I have a choice to pick from.
She says it's like turning over a new leaf.
As the scars begin to heal, So does my mind, and I'm able to like what I see.
Dr. Simon says make sure you do your research and select a board-certified plastic surgeon who has experience with weight loss patients. For more information, you can log on to our website, that's wsvn.com. In the Newsplex, I'm Christine Cruz, 7 News.
