Erica Lugo Shares Before-and-After Photo Following ‘360 Tummy Tuck’ to Remove Excess Skin
Erica Lugo shared a new before-and-after photo of her “360 tummy tuck” results, including her scar from surgery.
The Biggest Loser star revealed she was undergoing the procedure in September to remove excess skin from her 160-pound weight loss in 2013.
Lugo she would “do this surgery again,“ but she’s still working to maintain her goals.
Erica Lugo recently shared a before-and-after photo that showed off the results of her “360 tummy tuck”—and she’s really happy with the progress. The Biggest Loser alum decided to undergo the procedure to have excess skin removed following a 160-pound weight loss.
Lugo said her doctors removed nine pounds of skin off of her midsection. Fifteen weeks post-operation, she displayed her scars and said she would “100% do this surgery again” in a candid Instagram post. The fitness trainer also shared what led her to do the procedure in the first place.
“I lived five years with my loose skin. I’ve always accepted it. It was me. Part of my story,” Lugo wrote in her Instagram caption. “Only during the lockdown [when] I started running and doing a ton of bodyweight exercises did the loose skin start becoming bothersome.”
Lugo said her excess skin would rub uncomfortably and cause irritation. “My long runs were no longer enjoyable after having to constantly rub cream on my rashes,” she said. Once she realized the skin was getting in the way of her fitness progress, she decided “it’s got to go!”
In October, Lugo opened up about her recovery in an interview with People. “I don’t even feel like this is my body,” she said of her results. “I didn’t even know I could have a body like this.”
“My husband has even said, ‘You’re just so much more confident in the way you carry yourself,’” she continued. “He said, ‘You know, normally when you would get out of the shower you would make sure you had on two towels to cover up, and now you don’t even care about grabbing the towel right away. If you’re changing your sweaty gym clothes, you don’t turn around like you used to.’”
In an Instagram post from September, Lugo said she “worked really hard” to lose 160 pounds and is “proud” of the figure she built. Post-surgery, the trainer said she’s “loving the changes” she’s seeing in her body and her only regret is that she didn’t have the skin removed sooner.
But Lugo still embraces all aspects of her figure. She shared a bikini video to Instagram for the first time post-op and said that she still “jiggles” and “has cellulite,” but she’s “still badass.”
“Coming to terms with your body and being at peace with it WHILE you’re still working on it is a pretty amazing place to be,” she said. “You are you. No one else can replace that. Stop wasting time trying to shrink and fit in to someone else’s body. Own yours, treat it wisely and learn to get healthy because you love you, not because you hate you.”
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