A woman who once tipped the scales at 32st 6lb has lost an amazing 19st 4lb thanks to gastric bypass surgery. Haleigh Walsh, 25, once feared getting stuck in a plane seat so much that she bought two for a flight to Portugal.
Now, she has dropped to a 13st size 12 and is feeling "really confident". The final stage on her weight loss journey is to have her loose skin - or "fatty apron" as she calls it - removed.
Haleigh, a beautician, had the £5,450 gastric bypass surgery in Lithuania and is returning there for the skin removal. Despite a lifetime struggle with weight that saw her needing a tailor made communion gown, aged seven, as she was already too big for ‘off the peg’ versions, Haleigh forged ahead – opening a beauty salon in the Irish county of Tipperary in 2020.
