A 26-year-old woman who dramatically lost more than half her body weight has hit back at cruel trolls for criticising her excess skin.
Simone Anderson, from New Zealand, had undergone nine hours of cosmetic surgery to remove her loose skin after she shed 92 kilograms.
And since then, the lifestyle influencer – who tipped the scales at 170 kilograms – has been bombarded with the same offensive questions on a daily basis.
‘If you have had skin removal surgery then why do you still have loose skin?’
Taking to Instagram, the young woman slammed the body shamers, saying: ‘It would be near impossible to get a “perfect” stomach even after skin removal surgery.
Simone Anderson has hit back at cruel trolls for criticising her excess skin (pictured)
The 26-year-old woman, from New Zealand, dramatically lost more than half her body weight
‘Different angles and different positions make massive changes to your bodies appearance,’ she wrote to nearly 250,000 of her followers.
‘While sitting slouched most people will get some form of roll going on. There is nothing wrong with this… embrace it.’
Another remark she received included: ‘You must be so unhappy with your body and results seeing you still have skin on your stomach even after surgery.’
However, Simone, who hails from Auckland, had a different take on her body after having surgery.
The lifestyle influencer has been bombarded with cruel remarks about her body every week
Amazing body transformation: The young woman has been leading a healthier lifestyle since
The YouTube star said she loved her body after getting a Gastric Sleeve surgery to lose weight
‘Let’s clear this one up, if you are going into a cosmetic procedure hoping for perfection you are probably doing it for the wrong reasons,’ she said.
‘I never hoped for perfection, I never aimed for it.’
The glamorous social media star defended herself, saying she loved her body transformation after getting a Gastric Sleeve surgery to lose weight.
‘There has been a massive improvement and I couldn’t be happier with my results, I love my body and always have,’ she said.
‘This body is the only body I have so I’m not going to spend a single second hating it.’
The YouTube star has previously opened up about getting facial fillers after her weight loss left her with ‘saggy, deflated skin’ following her Gastric Sleeve surgery
Before and after: The young woman once tipped the scales at a staggering 170 kilograms
The YouTube star has previously opened up about getting facial fillers after her weight loss left her with ‘saggy, deflated skin’.
She had the fillers to tighten the ‘loose skin’ on her face.
‘After losing 92kg I am covered in lose [sic] skin and one place that I don’t think many people would even think it would occur is the face,’ she said previously.
‘My cheeks sagged leaving me with big indent lines around my nose to mouth which is also something that can happen as you age and your skin loses the elasticity.’
Ms Anderson regularly shares weight loss journey, inspiring words of advice, her workout regime and her diet choices with them to her loving fans.
Ms Anderson regularly shares weight loss journey, inspiring words of advice, her workout regime and her diet choices with them to her loving fans
Speaking previously to FEMAIL about her top tips for losing weight and keeping it off, Ms Anderson said: ‘I like to spend a couple of hours each Sunday planning what meals I want for the week, then going food shopping and finally prepping meals and snacks’.
‘I [also] find if I am well hydrated then it also makes a huge difference in my energy levels,’ she said.
‘Ensuring I have good healthy and easy snacks on hand means it helps choose a healthy option over something that is unhealthy or more convenient.’
She also recommended small daily changes – such as changing a catch-up such as a glass of wine to a walk and a smoothie – as the best way to achieve your goals.