In the Season 3 premiere of Skin Tight, formerly obese single moms Stephanie Gerena and her mother Darcy Elliott are featured. Stephanie’s weight and depression skyrocketed after giving birth. When she saw her baby boy fight through a heart defect, she promised to change her life around. After losing a combined 320 lbs. after weight loss surgery (Darcy lost 138lbs.), both women struggled with the physical restrictions of excess skin and applied for skin-removal surgery.
The day before the Skin Tight episode airs (March 7), Stephanie and Darcy were interviewed on Megyn Kelly TODAY. Stephanie tells Kelly she has had three skin removal surgeries so far. Mom Darcy has had two. Kelly tries to lighten the conversation by saying, “A fun form of mother bonding, I’m sure,” which makes Stephanie and Darcy laugh. But the recovery wasn’t funny. Darcy says it was “rough, hard.” Darcy has one surgery left (breasts) and Stephanie has two (legs and breasts). The legs are supposed to hurt the most, “but then it’s done!” Kelly cheers them on. Skin Tight airs Wednesdays at 10pm on TLC, right after My 600-lb. Life.
