That's A Lot Of Loose Skin After 360 Pound Weight-loss

[Louisville Slugz]

Cole Prochaska once weighed so much that he reached the maximum number his scale could display 585 pounds.
He’s sure he was even heavier than that in 2021 after years of overeating, so he can only estimate his incredible weight loss since then. Prochaska has shed about 360 pounds, all without surgery or weight-loss drugs, he says.

But his health journey isn’t over yet as he struggles with the excess skin left over from his transformation.

“I’m trapped,” Prochaska, 39, a store manager who lives in St. Matthews, South Carolina, tells TODAY.com.
“I’ve lost all this weight and I have muscles, but if I take my shirt off, I’m still self-conscious about all the loose skin. I’ve got loose skin on my legs, so if I try to go running, it’s hard to run. … I have to wear a pant size bigger than I should because I’ve got my skin tucked into my pants from my stomach.”

As he turned to GoFundMe to raise money for surgery to remove the extra skin, Prochaska decided to post a shirtless photo of himself to show the extent of the problem. He called it “probably one of the most difficult things I’ve done in a while.”

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[YvrzTrvly]

Respect id say leverage this into some sort of haunted house type position

 

[ALMIGHTY GOD]

his chest man... good lord

 

[Forlife44]

Doesn't look real

 

[ALMIGHTY GOD]

 

[Mcroyale]

He should start a GoFundMe

 

[feelosofer]

I am a little surprised they usually do the skin removal a little earlier in the process but I am also surprised because the removal is covered by most insurances.

 

[DaPresident]

Not to be mean, but if he get the extra skin removal surgery, he can't go back to being big again right?

Like he won't have that extra elasticity anymore, so no mistakes right?

 

[Bone Bender]

I am a little surprised they usually do the skin removal a little earlier in the process but I am also surprised because the removal is covered by most insurances.

Maybe thats an option when you go the surgery route? If you lose the weight on your own like he did, then it seems like you have to find a plastic surgeon to remove the excess skin on your own.

 

[duncanthetall]

Not to be mean, but if he get the extra skin removal surgery, he can't go back to being big again right?

Like he won't have that extra elasticity anymore, so no mistakes right?

It’s not like he was born with extra skin. I’m sure it’d just grow and stretch again. What you think would happen if he got big again? He’d explode?

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

I am a little surprised they usually do the skin removal a little earlier in the process but I am also surprised because the removal is covered by most insurances.

by good insurance...dude is in SC, so i'm pretty sure state requirements for insurance providers are pretty low. then you'd have to assume he has good insurance, or insurance at all.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

He lost too much too fast. You should only lose like a pound a week. Body never got a chance to properly adapt or adjust.

 

[god shamgod]

Damn I wish I didn’t click this thread

 

[feelosofer]

by good insurance...dude is in SC, so i'm pretty sure state requirements for insurance providers are pretty low. then you'd have to assume he has good insurance, or insurance at all.

You might be right. My aunt got the surgery she dropped 300 lbs and her insurance covered it but she worked for the state of NJ.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

He lost 360 pounds in two years without surgery.