Super-slimmer who had £80k of surgery HATES her new body… because she’s been left with handfuls of excess skin
Jessica Valoy has managed to shed more than eight stone and drop an incredible nine dress sizes
A WOMAN who shed an impressive eight stone following pricey gastric sleeve surgery is still unhappy with her body.
Jessica Valoy, 30, has been left with handfuls of excess skin that could cost £60,000 to shift.
At her heaviest, Jessica tipped the scales at 22 stone three lbs and squeezed into a size 26.
Her weight prevented her from living her life, so she agreed to undertake surgery after being advised to do so by her doctor.
Seattle-based Jessica remembered: "Over the years my weight stopped me from doing everything, I once got stuck on a rollercoaster at a theme park, they tried to force down the harness but it wouldn't fit.
"On the way home from work I would stop at a fast food place, and get a pre-meal because I was so hungry.
"I would eat it in the car and get rid of the evidence before I got home."
In 2014, Jessica had a £34,400 gastric sleeve fitted and the weight started falling off her.
She recalled: "The surgery worked great at first, but I started to get acid reflux and was referred back to the hospital.
"Three weeks after my wedding in July 2016, I underwent a gastric bypass to correct the complications caused by my first operation."
The surgery has been a success, as Jessica has managed to shift an impressive eight stone six lbs.
Even though the administrative assistant is thrilled to have lost the weight, she now has hang-ups about her excess skin.
The super-slimmer admits that even after spending £80,000 on gastric surgery, she isn't happy with how she looks.
She explained: ";I still hate the way I look and weight loss surgery has left me with rolls of saggy skin.
"I tell my husband I look like a Shar-Pei dog, especially when we are lying in bed of an evening, the skin on my stomach pools around me in layers.
"I have started to sag everywhere, my arms and legs are awful and my stomach hangs lower than my pubic area.
"I have lost all volume in my breasts and I have to tuck the rolls of excess skin into my clothes.
"I feel uncomfortable even in my own house and I believe my body is even uglier now than when I weighed 22 stone."
Even though Jessica works hard at the gym to build her muscles, she feels that her excess skin is holding her back.
She has set up a crowdfunding page in the hopes of raising the tens of thousands of pounds she needs for further cosmetic surgery.
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Jessica said: "I've worked out that it would cost around £40,000-60,000 for the skin removal surgery, and I'm unable to get it on my insurance.
"My husband, Francisco, is very supportive and insists he loves me just the way I am, he would have been happy if I hadn't of had the surgeries.
"We work really hard and I didn't want to ask for help, but Francisco encouraged me to start a GoFundMe page, it's been really hard but people have been very encouraging."
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She added: "I hope that by sharing my journey it will help others who are just starting out, I want people to understand and see the whole process, including the complications and struggles.
"You don't always get the results you hope for."
Earlier this year, Loose Women star Lisa Riley revealed what excess skin surgery is really like.
And a woman who lost nine stone recently opened up about being left with the "body of a 90-year-old".