On Tuesday, June 10, viewers finally got to see Slaton, 38, after she had more than 10 pounds of skin removed from her neck, abdomen and arms following a 500-pound weight loss.
Under the guidance of Dr. Peter Rubin, chair of plastic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center—along with three other attending surgeons, two nurse and surgical tech teams and an anesthesia team—the combined procedures took approximately eight hours to complete.
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As the plastic surgeon explained, dropping the weight was only one part of the journey to Slaton's excess skin removal.
'Tammy Slaton's Before & After Excess Skin Removal Surgery' Revealed (1:38)
After Tammy underwent gastric bypass surgery in 2022, viewers watched her finally qualify for excess skin removal in Season 7 of 1000-Lb Sisters—but only after she hit a couple of health goals, including quitting vaping.
"A lot of people don't realize that nicotine use poses a tremendous increase in risk of wound healing complications with plastic surgery," Dr. Rubin explained. "So many, it's very common for plastic surgeons to work with their patients to get them off of nicotine products for an elective procedure."
'1000-Lb Sisters' star Tammy Slaton's before and after photos from her excess skin removal surgery."That's another common theme that we see in patients who have lost a tremendous amount of weight," Dr. Rubin shared. "And we worked, we really got her entire medical care team together, not just my team, but her bariatric team, her primary care doctor—and we all worked with her to get her to boost her protein intake."
Tammy Slaton now, after undergoing excess skin removal surgery."We really focus on, you know, what's important to each patient and rather than trying to, 'You've lost weight, you're going to need this operation and that operation,'" Dr. Rubin explained. "We want to work with them and really individualize and personalize every treatment program."
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Congrats to Slaton on her many years of hard work and determination in reaching her goals!
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