{"id":830233,"date":"2025-02-27T12:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/youtuber-nikocado-avocado-reveals-surgery-results-months-after-weight-loss-shocks-internet\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:12:37","slug":"youtuber-nikocado-avocado-reveals-surgery-results-months-after-weight-loss-shocks-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/youtuber-nikocado-avocado-reveals-surgery-results-months-after-weight-loss-shocks-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTuber Nikocado Avocado reveals surgery results months after weight loss shocks internet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nikocado Avocado, the popular YouTuber who shocked the internet with his 250-pound weight loss transformation last year<\/a>, is ready to bamboozle his followers once more.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the creator, whose real name is Nicholas Perry, unveiled yet another body transformation to his 4.6 million subscribers. Perry said he underwent a handful of operations in which he removed at least 10 pounds of excess skin, the result of drastic weight loss.<\/p>\n

In recent months, the creator has dramatically scaled back on making daily videos, especially ones featuring popular \u201cmukbang\u201d content, in which he\u2019s seen eating enormous amounts of food on camera.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As he navigated life in front of the camera after weight loss, Perry said he was \u201chiding my loose skin by positioning my body at certain angles, like paying close attention to my clothing and the lighting, but the truth is, I have loose skin in my abdomen, arms, legs, my torso, back, even my neck. I mean, it was everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never addressed it,\u201d he told NBC News in an interview before the surgery video was uploaded to YouTube. \u201cI\u2019ve ignored all the comments and questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perry\u2019s \u201cTwo Steps Ahead\u201d video from September remains one of his most successful uploads, garnering more than 50 million views on YouTube. But the success came with scrutiny from followers, old and new.<\/p>\n

\u201cI flaunted my big 400 pound belly and bounced it around with joy. I loved when people would make fun of me because it was engagement, and it was never that serious,\u201d he said. \u201cNow, people are analyzing my photos and wondering if I had plastic surgery, or did he have gastric bypass surgery, did he do Ozempic, did he do this or that.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Perry said he was ready to share<\/a> what\u2019s been going on behind the scenes.\u00a0As he secretly recovered from a series of invasive body lift procedures<\/a>, he slept carefully at a 45-degree angle every night with his limbs positioned on a \u201cmountain of pillows.”<\/p>\n

While the recent procedures successfully removed the loose skin all around his body, Perry said they left him feeling like he\u2019d been \u201csawed in half, spun around and peeled open like an orange.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skin-tightening procedures have gained traction in recent years with the rise of weight loss medications like Ozempic, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But these are high-risk procedures with long, tedious recovery periods, Perry\u2019s plastic surgeon Dr. Timothy Katzen said. After a body lift, a patient must limit movement for weeks \u2014 which can necessitate taking two weeks to a month off work, depending on how much physical labor is required at their job.<\/p>\n

For Perry, these operations felt like the final step to closing out a weight loss journey that flabbergasted millions online.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perry, who said he has long held an extreme phobia of medical procedures, said he hopes being open about his journey will \u201cinspire people who are in similar positions\u201d to face their fears.\u201cIt\u2019s a crazy thing having followers. I feel like a normal person just doing silly stuff. But at the end of the day, these are real people that have an infatuation with me for whatever reason,\u201d Perry said. \u201cIn a way, this kind of shows people that I\u2019m not special just because I have followers. Like everyone else, I have loose skin that was unavoidable, and I still have insecurities.\u201d<\/p>\n

As far as his personal brand goes, he said that in order to maintain his weight loss, he now posts mukbang videos only a few times a month compared to in the past, when he would often post himself eating massive meals once or twice a day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever go back to eating that type of food and that quantity of food frequently,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Angela Yang<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Angela Yang is a culture and trends reporter for NBC News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Angela Yang
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