Instagram star has 3kg of skin removed after losing 141kg in two years

LEXI Reed lost 141kg in two years but was hit with mysterious pain that left her crying and baffled doctors.

AN Instagram influencer lost 141kg in two years and now she’s shedding the last of her weight.

Lexi Reed, who has been recording her journey on her Instagram @fatgirlfedup, had surgery earlier this month to remove more than 3kg of excess skin from her thighs, butt and stomach.

The process included nine hours of skin removal surgery followed by a butt lift. The 28-year-old said she would have to spend six weeks recovering before working out again.

Lexi Reed lost 141kg but struggled with the agonising soreness in her jaw, neck and back caused by excess skin. Picture: Caters

With her grandma on her wedding day. Picture: Caters

“This surgery is something that is not easy for me to do as it means I have to take off time from the things I love, my work, my workouts, my routine, my life, and my many responsibilities. However I know that it’ll be worth it,” she wrote on Instagram.

The Indiana resident, who started losing weight as a New Year’s resolution in January 2016, began by cutting out soft drinks, alcohol and fast food from her diet. Paired with regular workouts, she eventually went from 219kg to 78kg.

Lexi’s weight loss left her with a painful amount of excess skin. Picture: Caters

After the weight loss Lexi struggled with agonising soreness in her jaw, neck and back that left her helplessly crying and baffled doctors.

It was only in September that her husband Danny, 30, suggested it could be her loose skin and held it up, that she felt relief from her pain for the first time in months.

Lexi’s doctor said he removed a 30cm wide, 46cm-tall section of skin from her abdomen and two pieces from her outer thighs, shown in a video on Instagram.

While she’s happy to get rid of her loose skin, the blogger said she’s in more pain than expected.

“I’m in a lot of pain. I’ve never had surgery before and I’ve cried daily multiple times,” she wrote on Instagram. “I am determined to heal and give recovery my all.”

Lexi wrote in another post that the procedure had made it difficult for her to go to the bathroom, cough and laugh, but said it was worth it.

“I spent the last few days sleeping but I am determined to show my body the care it deserves and heal at my own pace,” she wrote in another Instagram post. “I know I have to be strong because there are too many counting on me for me to be weak.”

This story originally appeared on Fox News and is republished with permission.