“…The body areas in which excess skin is reported are largely consistent across studies, with the abdominal region as the area of greatest concern followed by the breasts/chest, upper arms, thighs and rear/buttocks (Kitzinger et al, ; Klopper, Kroese‐Deutman, & Berends, ). The body areas reported to suffer from excess skin do not significantly differ by surgery type, gender, age, time elapsed since surgery, pre‐weight loss surgery body mass index (BMI) or magnitude of weight loss (Giordano, Victorzon, Koskivuo, & Suominen, ). However, higher levels of reported dissatisfaction with excess skin were found among women, adolescents, patients achieving greater magnitude of BMI change and patients with higher current BMIs (Giordano et al, ; Staalesen et al, ; Steffen et al, ).…”