This was her before the gastric bypass surgery:
"Since a gastric bypass surgery procedure three years ago that helped cut her weight in half, singer Carnie Wilson has also transformed herself into a regular exerciser, and a healthy eater.
Wilson, the daughter of Beach Boy legend Brian Wilson and a singer in her own group Wilson Phillips, underwent gastric bypass surgery that reduced her weight from a life-threatening 300 pounds to her current weight, about 150.
Now 34, Wilson works out to stay slim, and in January, she underwent an operation to get rid of some of the excess skin associated with her weight loss removal. It was elective surgery, but Wilson did it because the excess skin was causing a rash.
The procedure included a tummy tuck that left her lighter by seven pounds, a repositioning of her belly button, a lifting of her breasts, minor liposuction on her torso and hips and the removal of a half a pound of skin from under each armpit. It cost $20,000.
"There were a lot of memories in that skin, so when it was taken off, it was very scary, because it was the final step," Wilson said.
She was stiff for days afterward, and for the following two months she wore a tight girdle around her stomach to protect her stitches, as well as a support bra day and night. She also had eight hour-long sessions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to keep bruising to a minimum. "