# If a huge person loses weight & has excess skin removed - then gains weight again...

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 14, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-huge-person-loses-weight-has-excess-skin-removed-then-gains-weight-again/477089 "2008-12-14T04:30:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-huge-person-loses-weight-has-excess-skin-removed-then-gains-weight-again/477089/1 "2008-12-14T04:30:34Z")

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What happens? Is there a point your skin simply splits?

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**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-huge-person-loses-weight-has-excess-skin-removed-then-gains-weight-again/477089/2 "2008-12-14T06:43:03Z")

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I don’t know about the exact question, but it _is_ possible for skin to split from internal pressure. My mother suffered some really bad edema in her lower legs after veins had been harvested for bypass surgery, and she got some a tear around one ankle.

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**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-huge-person-loses-weight-has-excess-skin-removed-then-gains-weight-again/477089/3 "2008-12-14T07:36:55Z")

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It stretches, like it did the first time he gained weight.