Obese man who halved his body weight is left with more than THREE STONE of loose skin - and is desperate for a £15k operation to stop him looking like a 'deflated balloon'
A 51-stone man who lost more than half of his body weight says he now looks like a deflated balloon due to his saggy skin.
Paul Stevenson, 36, from Alvaston, Derbyshire, is now hoping to raise £15,000 to have surgery to remove three stone of saggy skin around his body.
At his heaviest he says he was Derbys fattest man, gorging on 7,000 calories a day and refusing to leave his home for nearly five years due to his fear of being judged by other people.
The former bouncer now weighs 22st 9lbs, having lost 29 stone with the help of his gastric sleeve, along a healthy diet and exercise.
Paul Stevenson, 36, from Alvaston, Derbyshire, says he looks like a deflated balloon after shedding half his body weight .
The former bouncer (pictured before his weight loss) weighed 51 stone 7lbs at his heaviest, when he would gorge on 7,000 calories a day.
Paul explained how his weight began to soar nearly two decades ago after the death of his mum, Valerie, 50, left him battling with depression and such severe anxiety that he suffered panic attacks opening his front door.
But he realised he needed to make a drastic change when during a home-visit from his doctor two years ago, he was told he was staring down the barrel of a gun and would die if he didnt do something.
Before I was literally dying every day, thanks to the help I received, Im able to start living again, Im lucky they invested so much into me otherwise Id have died two years ago, Paul said.
I was locked in my own flat for five-years, it was definitely an existence rather than a life and took a lot of courage to leave my house to get the op, from there I took it one day at a time.
Following his dramatic transformation, Paul says his biggest battle is now the excess skin around his body .
Pauls 29 stone weight loss has left him with three stone of saggy skin around his body.
He is pictured left before his weight loss, and right after his transformation.
He managed to shed over half his body weight with the help of his gastric sleeve, along with a healthy diet and exercise .
I would have a panic attack from just opening the front door, every day that went by I felt further and further detached from society, the thought of leaving my home crippled and petrified me.
Paul says he began eating stupidly large portions and would drink two litres of coca cola a day.
When ordering Chinese food, I would a big plate of rice, chips and chicken balls, I would have a large pizza with chips or a large chicken meat and chips enough for two people each time, he re-called.
I would order take-out food and then wouldnt do anything to exercise it away, my laziness led me to getting bigger and bigger.
Paul is now hoping to raise £15,000 in order to have a procedure to remove his excess skin .
He described how the loose skin has had a negative effect on his mental health.
However, he said a house visit from a doctor helped him to turn his life around.
He put me in touch with a brilliant clinical psychologist who fought tooth and nail to get me a community nutritionist and helped me to get weight loss surgery, he explained.
Paul is now fundraising for surgery to remove more than three stone of saggy skin that he says makes him look like a deflated balloon.
I feel so lucky for all of the help Ive received and the support from family and friends, but now my biggest battle is my loose skin which only worsens my depression, he explained.
I look like a deflated balloon, because of all the wrinkled skin, I have a pouch of skin between my stomach that hangs low beneath my hips, so even struggle to find trousers.
Paul said his weight gain began at 19-years-old after his mother Valerie, 50, (pictured with Paul as a child) died of pneumonia, related to Multiple Sclerosis .
He said her death left him battling with depression and such severe anxiety that he suffered panic attacks opening his front door .
Im riddled with loose skin, my stomach is very saggy, I have bingo wings under my arms, nipples and boobs that hang, as well as other problem areas.
This body isnt what I should have as I know it isnt nice, I want to look in the mirror and see what Ive achieved rather than a sad reminder of who I used to be.
Pauls weight gain began at 19-years-old after his mother Valerie, 50, died of pneumonia, related to Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
As the pounds piled up, he became more depressed and anxious, refusing to leave the house for the fear of people judging him for his size.
Paul said he would eat stupidly large portions and would drink two litres of coca cola a day .
Now, he has swapped his takeaways for dishes like tuna with salad for dinner .
Paul said: I never dealt with my mums death and the bigger I got the more depressed I became.
I bottled up my emotions and over time it ground me down, I went from being a regular outgoing guy to a recluse who never left the house for five years.
I never even went to the shops or the doctors, it was so bad, even my friends would have to let themselves into my house to see me.
My friends and family did all they could to try to help me, but it was all about my mindset, I could only make the change once I was ready.
At his largest, Paul weighed a hefty 51st 7lbs giving him a body mass index of 106. 5, far exceeding the healthy range which is between 18. 5 and 25.
Paul (pictured in hospital) left his home for the first time in five years last year while headed to receive life-changing gastric band surgery.
He has managed to lose weight by changing his diet with the help of a nutritionist.
Paul is pictured here during his transformation .
His size led to health problems, with slight exercising exhausting him and skin infections that worsened his quality of life by leaving him bedbound.
Paul said: I would do minimal physical activity - I needed help to get up and dressed, then would sit in the living room all day.
The bigger I got the more issues I had with skin abscesses, if one got infected I would be bedridden for four or five days at a time.
Paul left his home for the first time last year while headed to receive life-changing weight loss surgery and was shocked by how much his surroundings had changed in nearly five years.
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