A WOMAN has had a 17lb flap of skin removed from her stomach after she lost half her body weight.Olga Hernandez, 41, weighed a whopping 28 stone before ditching KFC for healthy, home-cooked meals.A gastric sleeve operation, alongside exercise, helped her drop seven dress sizes to 13st 7lbs – but the dramatic weight loss left her with a huge flap of skin over her abdomen.Mum-of-three Olga underwent a skin removal op to remove the flap – and asked nurses to record the moment they lifted it away.Olga, from Arizona in the US, has shared the stomach churning moment surgeons removed her excess skin in a bid to encourage others to maintain a healthy weight.She is now recovering from other skin-removing surgery and plans marry fiancé Daryl Auclair, 34, in the slinky dress of her dreams next year.Olga, a palliative nurse, said: “I felt like I had been hit by a bus after the surgery but it was worth it.“I would do it over and over and over again.“I hated the thought of having wedding pictures of me looking chunky and puffy.”After her weight loss Olga was left with so much excess skin she had to buy clothes two sizes too big… Read full this story
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