Former world's fattest man begs for NHS operation to remove folds of skin after losing 40 STONE

The Daily Mail / www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | Last updated at 11:43 PM on 25th November 2011 Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article | By SADIE WHITELOCKS and CLAIRE BATES

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A British man who at one time was the fattest in the world is pleading with the NHS to remove unsightly flaps of flesh after he managed to lose more than half of his body weight.

Paul Mason, 50, who weighed 60 stone two years ago, underwent a gastric bypass after he was told he otherwise faced certain death.

But he has been left with rolls of unsightly excess skin after the extreme weight loss and now needs an operation to remove the flaps hanging from his stomach, arms and legs.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2066094/Former-worlds-fattest-man-begs-NHS-operation-remove-folds-skin-losing-40-STONE.html#ixzz1emYFobsi

[fallujah-nuker]

This thread is awesome without pictures.

LMAO!!! Good one.

[GrannyAnn]

WAY TOO FUNNY!!!

[munin]

A striking resemblance to Karl Rove, wouldn’t you say?

LOL YES, THE FACE IS SIMILAR LOL my wife said OMG

[munin]

so who feeds them all that food

MAMA do

[PGR88]

I have heard that given time, if such a person maintains a stable, low weight, the body will naturally reduce much of the excess skin. Is that true?

[RaceBannon]

I lost 60 pounds in 2003. Did it by fasting

had several bad injuries in the years since, gained it all back. inactivity, recovery, eating ben and jerrys

When I had lost the 60, my skin shrunk and I felt I looked fine, no sagging whatever

but then, i was fasting, eating only a chicken breast a day with a glass of milk for lunch, then running 3 miles at night and hiking 2 then walking 2 home

So, I guess it depends on what you are doing when you lose it

[boop]

I saw a show on TLC or Discovery Health where they had a man who went into a British hospital for a lap band to lose weight. He ended up dying. They don't show that very often.

And YES, these people definitely have enablers. On every show about morbidly obese people they show family members bringing the patient tons of food. These people can't even move, so they RELY on others for their intake. One woman never left her bed, but yelled at her daughters to bring her more food. That is not showing love for your mom, you're killing her. I hate hearing the excuses: "But my son gets HUNGRY! That's why I'm making him a pound of bacon."

[A_perfect_lady]

Yes, actually the story said it takes two nurses four hours to clean him.

[goseminoles]

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Is that his balls?

[NonValueAdded]

Shame on you for giving financial support to Ben and Jerrys

[FES0844]

The enablers should go to jail. Would love to know how much a day it costs to feed him. Taxpayers paying for his glutony. Disgusting.

[RaceBannon]

yeah, I know...it’s an addiction!

[Chickensoup]

I have heard that given time, if such a person maintains a stable, low weight, the body will naturally reduce much of the excess skin. Is that true?

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I have not seen that to be the case. I have seen people with 12 to 15 year old sugeries, maintain weight and have to fold up their twenty to thirty lbs of abdominal skin into their pants.

[DuncanWaring]

Looks like this would be an excellent class-project at Plastic-Surgeon School.

[JoeProBono]

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