YouTuber Nikocado Avocado who secretly lost 250lbs shares incredible results of plastic surgery to remove sagging skin

Daily Mail​

6 days ago

A YouTuber has shared the incredible results of his plastic surgery after his secret 250lb weight loss.
The Florida-native Nikocado Avocado, whose real name is Nicholas Perry, recently revealed the incredible weight loss to his enormous following after hiding it for several years.
But the incredible achievement came with a downside for the mukbang influencer - sagging skin around his body.
Taking to his TikTok @realnikocadoavocado, the popular creator, who first became famous by completing eating challenges on camera, shared before and after snaps of his amazing transformation.
In the clip, which racked up over 8 million views, he said: 'At first glance I probably looked fine, but I was actually hiding a really uncomfortable situation, and that was my neck.
'So I got it fixed, I went into plastic surgeon Ben Talei in Beverly Hills. Nothing has been put into me, no implants or anything, that is all natural. You would never know that I was once 400Ibs.'
Many viewers were left impressed with the results, and they shared their complimentary comments underneath the clip.
One person said: 'Bro's actually four steps ahead.' Another added: 'Actually really impressive.'
Someone else wrote: 'What is the procedure called !!??' A fourth said: 'I still wanna know how you did that,' presumably referring to the weight loss in the first place.
Nikocado shot to notoriety for his mukbang videos on YouTube, which featured him consuming large amounts of food for his 8million viewers.
In September 2024, he r evealed he had secretly lost 253lbs over two years, dropping from 411lbs to 158lbs.
In those two years he uploaded previously-recorded videos so his followers were completely unaware of his transformation.
But while he went from morbidly obese to a healthier weight, he was left with 10lbs of sagging excess skin and needed to undergo multiple surgeries on his neck and face, as well as on his abdomen to remove it.
He said: 'I had no chin at all, it was just this big gobble gobble turkey neck sitting below my face.'
When people gain a large amount of weight, their skin stretches to accommodate their larger frame. Then, when a person loses that weight, the skin has been stretched so much it is not elastic enough to shrink back.
This leaves people with sagging skin that can restrict movement, be painful, cause chafing and lead to emotional distress and diminished self esteem.
Some surgeries to remove the skin involve a tummy tuck and arm, thigh and buttock lifts.
He said he filmed a backlog of enough videos to last two years, during which he was shedding pounds he gained during his meteoric rise
Nikocado has revealed how losing 250lbs left him with sagging around his chin and he went under the knife to remove it
Many were impressed with his results with people rushing to the comments to leave their own thoughts
He said on Instagram before his procedures: 'Everyone thinks I got my skin removed. I did not. This is my loose skin, it's a lot, it's like a rubber band [across my body].'
And he told PEOPLE in January: 'I've been hiding my loose skin by positioning my body at certain angles... but the truth is I have loose skin in my abdomen, arms, legs, my torso, back, even my neck. I mean, it's everywhere.'
About 20 percent of Americans lose more than 10 percent of their body weight every year, a number that is rising as more people use weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic.
Plastic surgeons are reporting a surge in people receiving skin tightening surgeries, with tummy tucks up five percent in 2023, reaching 170,110 procedures.
Nikocado hasn't revealed how he lost the weight, but he achieved it over the course of two years while uploading pre-recorded videos of himself at his largest to keep his weight-loss journey a secret.
For Nikocado, skin removal procedures began last month when the 32-year-old underwent a deep plane facelift to remove the loose skin on his face and neck.
On January 22, Perry revealed he was having a deep plane facelift with Dr Ben Talei in Beverley Hills, California.
A deep plane facelift is an advanced type of facelift that lifts and repositions deeper facial structures — including ligaments — for a more natural and longer-lasting result.
This differs from a standard facelift, which only tightens skin to minimize wrinkles and make facial features more defined.
In the surgery, Nikocado was put under anesthetic before surgeons made cuts around his ear to tighten the skin and reposition structures in his face.
He had to wear a brace for at least a week afterward, and was told not to bend his head forward, because this could rip the skin while it is healing.
A deep plane facelift in California costs anywhere between $22,000 to $50,000, and can take up to a year to fully recover from.
Next on his list of procedures was skin tightening surgery on his stomach and arms to reduce the excess skin folds there. He underwent those surgeries earlier this month with Dr Timothy Katzen, also based in Beverly Hills.
Nikocado appears to have undergone a tummy tuck. It involves a surgeon cutting the abdomen from hip to hip and removing excess skin and fat from the area. Doctors then realign the skin and stitch up the incision.
The procedure costs about $8,000 in California and can take up to three months to recover.
He also underwent an upper arm lift, which costs between $4,000 to $7,000. This removes excess skin and fat on the upper arm area.
Surgeons cut inside the arm, the back of the arm or the armpit then remove excess fat and pull the underlying muscle and skin tighter before stitching the incision closed.
The YouTuber blamed his weight gain on the social media craze surrounding his mukbang videos.
He said: 'In one sense, I am here because of them [my viewers].
'I would not have gotten that fat if I couldn't have made a living out of it, if I couldn't make good money, get good views, put myself out there.
'If I couldn't have built a career and a following, I would never have got fat. In a way I am here because of them, because they were watching all the videos.'
But, describing why he opted for surgery to remove loose skin on his body, he added: 'This is holding me back, I can't even wear a normal shirt without sucking it in. This is holding me back from feeling my best.
'And I wanted to feel amazing and feel really good on the tour, and also wear cute clothes.'