ok this is so embarassing to ask but i just had to because i have never seen anyone talk about this and i know i cant be the only one..
does anyone else have a sort of fatty "pouch" sort of thing down there?? i know its hard to explain/imagine but when i say "down there" i mean the part where some female get those private tattoos.. i hate it so much! even though i lost weight, its still there.. it looks like fat deposited inside like a little bulge.. ah it bugs me so much.. i wish it was just flat but its there and i dont know if anyone else knows what i mean.
If you are talking about what I think you are talking about, yes I have it and I absolutely hate it. I told my husband that I hate it so bad. I dont want there to be anything to grab down there. It is like you could pick it up and set it on something. That makes me sick. I am in your boat!
Just remember that some "fullness" is normal. If you're talking about the mons pubis (the technical term), means pubic mound. It's not supposed to be completely flat (neither is the abdomen for that matter).
If you mean a little higher, and are actually talking about the lower abdomen, I think you might be talking about a panniculus, or fatty apron. That also will get smaller with weight loss, but sometimes leaves an "empty bag" of loose skin behind, and may have to be removed with plastic surgery (the loose skin, WLS patients often talk about. Anyone who loses a lot of weight can have it though, even if they lose slowly).
I have a big fat deposit on my mons. I swear it's inches thick. Wher4e most people's belly bulge starts above the pubis, mine starts, dramatically, I might add, at my labia! It's getting a little soft and squishy, though, so maybe it's going to dissolve eventually ... I hope. You can hardly even FIND the bone under it. I am reasonably certain there is one, though. The rest of my skeleton appears to be pretty much where I expect it to be (lol) so it seems likely!
I do have the "fatty apron" syndrome, and after speaking to my doc I know that it isn't going away without some type of surgical intervention. I do believe I may have been predisposed to it anyway, like some people have wide hips and some narrow hips, but after 2 c-sections and been WAY overweight, there's no hope for me!
Thank you for asking about this. This has always been a hated part of myself, and I thought I was the only one who had it. I am glad to know I am not alone either.
I was watching Big Medicine on TLC Monday night, and they had a 55 year old lady on who had lost over 100 lbs. At 160, she looke MUCH biggner, because she literally looked like she was wearing a pair of baggy "skin pants." What had been her butt and tummy looked to be about the same size when she started, but now empty of the fat, so she had a sort of deflated balloon. I forget how many lbs of skin they removed (it was either 20 altogether, or 20 in the first of two surgeries). Wow. Her surgeon had never seen such a bad case of loose skin, and he had marked her for sugery (like he always does) with her standing up. He had to do it all over on the table, because all of his markings had "relocated."
I have a big fat deposit on my mons. I swear it's inches thick. Wher4e most people's belly bulge starts above the pubis, mine starts, dramatically, I might add, at my labia! It's getting a little soft and squishy, though, so maybe it's going to dissolve eventually ... I hope. You can hardly even FIND the bone under it. I am reasonably certain there is one, though. The rest of my skeleton appears to be pretty much where I expect it to be (lol) so it seems likely!
Whoa, wait a minute! You're not SUPPOSED to be able to find the bone under it. The fat pad is there for protection of that bone (the pubis) as well as the organs underneath. Be nice to yourself, you're perfectly normal!
I think every woman should own a copy of "Our Bodies, Ourselves." Actually, I probably should buy a new copy myself. I found it in the library at 13, and was fascinated (but too embarassed to check ot out, so I'd read it in the library every chance I got), and had a copy in college.
Even today, most women haven't seen many other women naked, and don't have any idea of the vast range of "normal." And porn doesn't help, as those are far from normal examples of womanhood.
I think if I'm remembering correctly, a woman was quoted in the book to say that she wasn't aware that the inner labia were "standard equiptment" and that one side is usually longer than the other - She thought she was a freak.
I think it's interesting with body dysmorphia being so common (irrational hatred or misperception of one's appearance or body parts), that we can judge ourselves on so little (and so inaccurate) information.
question about.. a "pouch" down there.. tmi
You're not SUPPOSED to be able to find the bone under it. The fat pad is there for protection of that bone (the pubis) as well as the organs underneath. Be nice to yourself, you're perfectly normal!
