A Woman Is Letting Her Plastic Surgeon Document Her Tummy Tuck on Snapchat

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A young woman is allowing her plastic surgeon to record her having a tummy tuck and breast augmentation on Snapchat. (Photo: Getty)

Maddy Ghorob, better known as “effbeingfat” on Instagram, lost 130 pounds over the course of the last year. On Tuesday, Ghorob underwent a tummy tuck to remove excess skin and a breast augmentation — and the 30-year-old law student allowed her plastic surgeon to document the surgeries on Snapchat.

So the other night I had a mini pre-surgery breakdown ???? I'm starting to feel scared.. not of the actual surgery, but of my results. What if I hate the way I look after? What if my body shape is weird? What if I ruin my tummy tuck since I want to lose another 15lbs after surgery? What about the loose skin on my back and thighs and arms? I had a thousand things running through my head ???? This will be the first time in my life I won't have this huge hanging stomach. It's almost like I'm losing a part of who I am. This body is all I've ever known. I can't even imagine what I will be like after. You know? So in a way I feel like I'm losing my identity. I know it's a good thing… it's a good change. But it's still scary. I don't know who I will become because all I've ever known is being FAT and having this stomach. Its been like a barrier. A shield. It's kept people away. It's kept me from having certain relationships. It's kept me hidden at times. It's something I would hide behind. In 2 weeks it won't be there anymore. I don't even know what life will be like… that's why I have a million emotions running around my head right now! fear, excitement, happiness, anxiety…. mostly excitement ???? And in related news, I weighed in at 166! I want to be 155 by surgery day on December 13, so I've been busting my ass at the gym! Cardio, circuit, stairs, squats! I'll be working out with my new hottie trainer Alonzo at @zopersonal before and after surgery to get everything tight and right. so follow him cuz he'll be posting videos of our workout sessions! ???? aight I just finished my constitutional law final so Im gona go reward myself with retail therapy! Love yallllll ???????????? •••••••••••• #weightloss #health #eatclean #28rooz #fashion #vsg #plussize #wls #makeup #weightwatchers #fitgirl #gains #shopping #keto #makeover #fitness #extremeweightloss #diet #mealprep #food #healthy #glowup #beforeandafter #transformation

A photo posted by It's Maddy Bitchz ???????? (@eff_being_fat) on Nov 30, 2016 at 2:33pm PST

After spending her whole life being overweight, Ghorob decided to get a bariatric sleeve and has since lost almost half of her body weight. The process has been difficult both emotionally and physically for her, and now she’s faced with a new challenge. In the weeks leading up to her surgery, Ghorob struggled to cope with losing a piece of her identity and no longer being “the fat chick.”

Ghorob shared on social media that she didn’t expect this part of her weight-loss journey to be so emotionally taxing and worried that she won’t like the way she looks after the surgeries. “First I felt regret that I didn’t lose more weight before going to get nipped and tucked. Followed by fear of what the future me will become,” Ghorob wrote. “The fat life is all I’ve ever known … and still it’s hard for me to let it go. I still refer to myself as fat even though I’m probably really not anymore. Weight loss is more than physical. For me, the majority of my pain and suffering was mental and emotional, and I still battle with that part every day.”

She managed to get past her troubled thoughts and moved forward with the procedures with her Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, Payam Jarrah-Nejad, MD, who goes by Dr. J. The surgery can be seen on Dr. J’s Snapchat — under drjsurgery — though it’s not for the faint of heart.

Dr. J isn’t the first to document invasive surgeries on social media. Snapchat, along with Instagram, have served as platforms for several other plastic surgeons as well. The most notable of which started as a video on Instagram posted by plastic surgeon Michael Salzhauer, MD, better known as therealdrmiami (Salzhauer, however, experienced issues with having his content removed due to the graphic imagery). “People weren’t just watching, but also sending us good questions and following day-by-day like a soap opera,” Salzhauer told Refinery29. “And not just the surgeries, but the girls in the office and the little shenanigans that were going on. That’s when I knew we had something … and it just kept growing and growing.”

And it doesn’t stop there — there are countless other surgeons on Snapchat. Be it the unusual, formerly unavailable imagery or the disturbing nature of the content, everybody is fascinated by the unknown, and Ghorob and her 80,000 Instagram followers want to be part of it.

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