100lb Sisters star Tammy Slaton gives health update after 8-hour surgery as she admits she's 'terrified'
1000-lb Sisters star Tammy Slaton has revealed that she has finally undergone skin removal surgery as she opened up in a new interview on Wednesday.
The star - who has lost a staggering 500 pounds during her weight loss journey - first shot to fame after appearing on 1000-lb Sisters alongside her sister, Amy, back in 2020.
And now Tammy, 38, has revealed she has been approved for the long-awaited surgery amid her incredible weight loss journey.
She opened up about the 'overwhelming' emotions she felt after 'working really hard' over the past six years to drop the weight to be able to have the eight-hour procedure.
She told People: 'After six years and losing over 500 pounds, I was finally approved for surgery. I was just overwhelmed with excitement. I worked really hard for this, and now it's here. I'm pretty sure it was noticeable on my face how immediately shocked and then overwhelmed with joy I was.'
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Tammy traveled to Pittsburgh for her skin removal with plastic surgeon Dr. J. Peter Rubin at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the reality of the procedure hit her the night before.
She said: 'I was really nervous for the skin removal surgery because I was really just kind of afraid of how I'm gonna feel looking at myself without the belly there.
'The night before my surgery, I was, like, seriously freaking terrified. I was even more nervous about having skin removal surgery than I was for the [sleeve gastrectomy] surgery because they're actually cutting the whole belly!'
Tammy underwent her skin removal surgery on January 18, and during the 8-hour procedure, doctors removed 'over 15 lbs' of excess skin from her chin, arms and lower stomach.
The star's complex surgery was documented on 1000-Lb. Sisters and during the season finale, all of her siblings were in awe of her transformation and praised her for how far she's come in her weight loss journey.
Speaking on the show, after the surgery, Tammy said: 'It feels so weird not having the ball sack hanging off my face and my bat wings are gone too, I look down and there is nothing there in my lap now.
'It's going to take a little while for me to get use to seeing myself like this'.
It comes after Tammy revealed in April that she's in new relationship with a woman.
In the seventh season of the much-loved TLC series, pansexual Tammy and her sister, Amy are seen catching up their fans on their lives.
She spoke about her new budding romance in a confessional preview of the series - and admitted she hasn't told her family yet.
Tammy said: 'There's something I haven't told my family. Amy's not the only one that's been seeing somebody new. So have I...
'I have been seeing someone for the past couple months and it's going pretty well.'
She then added: 'The person I'm dating is a woman. So I haven't told my family because my family's gonna have something to say about it.
'I think my family probably has more opinions than the world has a**holes because they be farting so much.'
This is Tammy's first relationship since the death of her husband, Caleb Wilingham, who she married in November 2022.
'A few years ago I came out as pansexual but after Caleb passing, I just don't want to be with men anymore,' Tammy said later in the preview clip.
'I don't know how my family is going to react when I tell them I'm seeing a woman.'
Tammy's husband Caleb died from unknown causes at age 40 - just seven months after the couple tied the knot in November 2022.
Last year Tammy opened up about the moment she found out that Caleb had passed away.
During an interview with People, Tammy revealed a friend of Caleb's told her over text message that her husband wasn't doing well - before he informed her just 20 minutes later that he had died.
At the time, Tammy was at her home in Kentucky and Caleb was at the Ohio rehab facility she had previously been at with him.
'I was sitting in the fetal position,' she told the publication.
'I got a text message from his friend up there and the text said, 'Caleb's not doing good. They're in there working on him.' 20 minutes later he texted me back and said he was gone.'
The TLC star also said she had been 'doing fairly well' getting through the tragedy, and had even made a ring and musical note-shaped necklace with the ashes of her late husband.
She had grown attached to the jewelry and finds comfort knowing a piece of him remains with her.
'He's going to live on now forever because his memory is encapsulated,' Tammy said.
'Knowing that he's with me, it's helping me pass the day. I find myself grabbing my necklace and holding it a lot. When I take off my jewelry, I feel like it's weird, separation anxiety. I start panicking.'
Watching Caleb on their show has also provided her with some joy: 'Every time I miss him, I can always look back at the show and watch it and see what made me happy again.'
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