The Doctors: Amazing Weight Loss
The Doctors revealed one of the most amazing transformations in The Doctors’s history, as they removed more than 10 feet of skin from a woman who had lost an enormous amount of weight. (Steven Frame / Shutterstock.com)
The Doctors kicked off their episode by talking about Heather, who was a classic binge-eater until she made a lifesaving decision to turn her eating habits around. She came on The Doctors two years ago when she was 367 pounds. After being on The Doctors, she lost 170 pounds. Now, she feels amazing. But she has about 30 pounds of excess skin to remind her of what she’s lost. Her arms are the worst.
On a previous show, Dr. Ordon promised to go in with his team and remove all the excess team. Now, Heather was back to show her transformation.
The Doctors: Extreme Skin Removal
Dr. Andrew Ordon teamed up with Dr. Ritu Chopra, who said that they’ve done surgeries like this before, but this surgery was one of the biggest they’d ever had. It was around 10 feet of skin. Dr. Ordon said that when he removed the skin from the arm, the incisions weren’t just in the arm. He had to extend the incision to the chest. Dr. Chopra had to remove skin not only as a tummy tuck in a horizontal fashion, but also in a vertical fashion. Heather had over 1000 stitches and if you put together all the incisions, she had over six feet of incisions.
The post-op was very difficult. Heather had to watch how she ate and bathed and took six to eight weeks of recovery. If you have a weak stomach, I’d recommend avoiding this video.
The Doctors: Fantastic Transformation
Then it was time for one of The Doctors’s biggest reveals. Heather came out as a brand new woman. She was a little shy on the stage as she walked out and looked a bit uncertain, but she looked really good. Her arms were amazing. It was just 24 weeks since the operation, but she still has a lot of recovery to do.
Heather said she was excited because she could actually exercise now without the skin getting in the way.
Dr. Rachael also surprised Heather with a $2,000 gift card from Spiegel, who wanted Heather to dress to match her new body in the latest fashions.
“With the weight gone, I can move better and it feels like I’ve been born again,” Heather said.
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