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Karawang teenager to have excess skin removed after obesity treatment
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Obese teenager Arya Permana is among his school friends at SD Cipurwasari state elementary school in Karawang, West Java. (Antara Foto/M. Ali Khumaini)
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hirteen-year-old Arya Permana from Karawang, West Java, after years of treatment for obesity, has been declared ready for plastic surgery to reduce his sagging skin as a result of massive weight loss.
The surgery for Arya, who was once one of the heaviest children in the world, is scheduled to take place in the next two weeks at the Hasan Sadikin General Hospital (RSHS) in Bandung.
“We plan to conduct the surgery in five stages,” the hospital’s nutrition and metabolic specialist and pediatrician Tisnasari Hafsah, a member of the team of doctors in charge of the boy’s treatment, said on Wednesday.
Arya weighed 189.6 kilograms at 147 centimeters in height when he was first admitted to the hospital at the age of 10 for a weight-loss program.
He underwent bariatric surgery at Omni Hospital in Jakarta in June 2017. He is now 87 kg, leaving parts of his skin sagging, especially on his belly, arms and thighs.
“I am happy. The doctors say parts of my skin will be removed. The surgery will last four to five hours,” Arya said while undergoing a health check at the hospital on Wednesday.
Thanks to the weight-loss program, Arya can currently join physical activities with his friends. Previously, he could only lie face down while playing games.
