Tummy tuck put finishing touch to Jonathan's big weight loss.YOU could be forgiven for thinking that shedding seven and a half stonewould be a weight off Jonathan Howarth's mind. But the health and safety manager's super slimming created its own problems. Though Jonathan's waistline shrank shrank v. A past tense of shrink. shrank Verb a past tense of shrink shrank shrink from 50 inches to just 36, his skin did not. It left the 46 year-old with a sagging sag v. sagged, sag·ging, sags v.intr. 1. To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight. 2. fold of lose skin which crushed his confidence and hampered his new active lifestyle. So he decided the best way to ensure he stayed in the shape of his life was to get a tummy tuck tum·my tuck n. Abdominoplasty. Used informally. tummy tuck Abdominoplasty Cosmetic surgery A procedure in which a large horizontal ellipse of skin and fat is excised from the anterior lower abdomen, and an upper . Jonathan, of Beake Avenue, Holbrooks, said: "Thankfully the loose skin was in a very discreet place, so even when I was swimming it was out of sight below my waistline." "But it was restrictive and I knew it was there." Jonathan decided to lose weight three years ago after watching his mum recover from a heart attack. By that time he tipped the scales at more than 20 stone and feared his unhealthy lifestyle unhealthy lifestyle Public health A dissipated personal modus operandum, which may be characterized by one or more of the following: substance abuse–eg, alcohol, drug and/or tobacco use, debauchery, sexual promiscuity and/or teenage pregnancy, poor sleep he leave him facing the same fate. He started calorie calorie, abbr. cal, unit of heat energy in the metric system. The measurement of heat is called calorimetry. The calorie, or gram calorie, is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of pure water 1°C;. counting and exercising and he has managed to keep the weight off. So as a reward Jonathan decided to have a tummy tuck. At first he hoped to get the surgery on the NHS NHS abbr. National Health Service NHS (in Britain) National Health Service but his application was turned down and he needed to borrow money to pay pounds 5,800 for the operation to be carried out privately. He admitted: "I was a bit disappointed about that. It's the only thing I've asked them for and I did all the hardwork to lose the weight myself." Jonathan went to see consultant plastic surgeon plastic surgeon A surgeon specialized in reconstruction or cosmetic enhancement of various body regions, most commonly the face–nose, chin, and cheeks, breasts and buttocks; PSs remove fat deposits through liposuction; PSs reduce scarring or disfigurement Rana Das-Gupta at The Warwick Clinic and within weeks of deciding he wanted to press ahead with surgery. He said: "The tummy tuck wasn't about trying to get the body beautiful. I did it for inner confidence." CAPTION(S): NEW MAN... Jonathan Howarth before and after shedding over seven stone - he's had a tummy tuck to get rid of his loose skin the weight loss left behind. |
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