STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Liz · Kenneth Cole

Gee, I wonder . . .

Kitty · Hermes

If there was a doctor who actually performed that surgery on her, he should seriously have his license revoked. That surgery is for obese people, not people who are already at a healthy weight and want to get freakishly thin.

I hope that story is not true.

calico · Kenneth Cole

She definitely wasn't obese before, but she also was definitely overweight, and needed to lose some weight. But, gastric bypass surgery is for people that are severely overweight, and have exercised all options; which was not the case for Nicole Richie. I wonder if it is true, if the surgeon would have performed it on someone that wasn't famous.

Bad call on the doctor's part if this is true.

Kitty · Hermes

calico wrote:

She definitely wasn't obese before, but she also was definitely overweight, and needed to lose some weight. But, gastric bypass surgery is for people that are severely overweight, and have exercised all options; which was not the case for Nicole Richie. I wonder if it is true, if the surgeon would have performed it on someone that wasn't famous.

Bad call on the doctor's part if this is true.

I think she might have been "overweight" in hollywood standards, but I bet you she was in the healthy weight ranges. She was just normal.

sephorablue · Marc Jacobs

I heard this before, too. If that's true it's just appalling. Both for the surgeon who did the work, and for her, who has all the time and money in the world to actually hire a trainer and a nutritionist and do it the RIGHT way. The thought of undergoing major surgery because you're too lazy to go to a damn gym is just sick.

NCshopper · Hermes

sephorablue wrote:

I heard this before, too. If that's true it's just appalling. Both for the surgeon who did the work, and for her, who has all the time and money in the world to actually hire a trainer and a nutritionist and do it the RIGHT way. The thought of undergoing major surgery because you're too lazy to go to a damn gym is just sick.

Ditto.

And I agree Kitty that if a doctor really did perform that operation on her, he/she should have his/her license revoked. She was a little pudgy for a celebrity, but well within means of a normal person, I would think. She certainly wasn't obese.

Plus I find it really odd that someone would undergo this procedure if they didn't need it. The surgery has some pretty inconvenient side effects that last a lifetime, from everything I've ever heard.

calico · Kenneth Cole

Yeah, I guess you're right. I looked at pictures from before, and I guess I was just thinking she was overweight because she is waaaay less skinny than she is now.

Kitty · Hermes

calico wrote:

Yeah, I guess you're right. I looked at pictures from before, and I guess I was just thinking she was overweight because she is waaaay less skinny than she is now.

Yup! I am guilty of doing the same thing. She looked huge compared to what she looks like now.

-- Edited by Kitty at 20:26, 2006-11-14

boobaby · Kate Spade

I really hope that isn't true. Gastric bypass is really a last ditch option. Someone I know had it done five years ago because she was obese, diabetic, had heart problems, had a hip replaced at 30, and a slew of other obesity-related health problems. She was still really sick after having it (losing too much weight, not being able to get enough nutrients) and recently passed away from complications.

Kitty · Hermes

boobaby wrote:

I really hope that isn't true. Gastric bypass is really a last ditch option. Someone I know had it done five years ago because she was obese, diabetic, had heart problems, had a hip replaced at 30, and a slew of other obesity-related health problems. She was still really sick after having it (losing too much weight, not being able to get enough nutrients) and recently passed away from complications.

Wow, that's horrible. I'm sorry :(

e_doli · Dooney & Bourke

boobaby wrote:

I really hope that isn't true. Gastric bypass is really a last ditch option. Someone I know had it done five years ago because she was obese, diabetic, had heart problems, had a hip replaced at 30, and a slew of other obesity-related health problems. She was still really sick after having it (losing too much weight, not being able to get enough nutrients) and recently passed away from complications.

OMG, i'm so sorry about your friend.

if this is true, the dr. who did it is seriously f-ed up.

calichic · Dooney & Bourke

Boobaby, I'm really sorry about your friend.

I would believe if she had this done. I hope there are consequences for the doctor who performed this procedure, if in fact it is true. I am just shocked and sad that she would feel like she had to do this.

Cortney1982 · Chanel

I didn't even think she was overweight in the slightest before. She just looked bigger because Paris is so skinny.