Patients of Houston, Texas, bariatric surgeon Younan Nowzaradan (commonly known as “Dr. Now”) are the subjects of the TLC reality television program “My 600-lb Life,” which follows them as they attempt to meet the requirements for bariatric surgery and, perhaps, alter their lives in the process. Many of the patients shown in “My 600-lb Life” have undergone dramatic alterations as a result of the weight they have lost in comparison to their starting weights, even though not all of Dr. Now’s patients have met the criteria to undergo surgery. Patient Laura Perez, who said in her episode, “I have to do something, or I’m not going to be around much longer,” is one success story on “My 600-lb Life.”
According to the episode of “My 600-lb Life,” Perez began her adventure using a wheelchair and an oxygen tank with a nasal cannula. In order to demonstrate the advancement she had made, she later appeared on “My 600-lb Life: Where Are They Now?” However, Starcasm reported in 2018 that Perez appeared to have vanished from social media at that time.
Laura Perez has lost a significant amount of weight
Where Are They Now?” demonstrated this. In comparison to when she first appeared on “My 600-lb Life,” Laura Perez was more alert, considerably slimmer, and no longer required supplementary oxygen. Perez’s weight was listed at 182 lb by Starcasm, yet it was assumed that as of 2018, she was lighter.
Perez was single as of August 2022, according to an update from In Touch Weekly, even though Starcasm had claimed that she was dating and maybe married to a man called Eric Juarez. At the time of Starcasm’s report, it was also unknown whether Perez had children with Juarez or whether she might have been expecting his child; however, Reality Titbit asserts that Perez has two kids. If this is the case, it is unclear whether any children she had were born to her and Juarez or to her and another person.
Laura Perez appears to use a new name
The “My 600-lb Life” actor, who formerly went by the name Laura Perez, now seems to go by the name Angelika. This was mentioned in an update on Perez by In Touch Weekly, but the website Blasting News lists Perez’s name as Angelika Pacheco. Although she appears to have posted most recently to Twitter in 2017, searching for that name turns up social media pages that appear to be owned by the same person who went by the name Laura Perez.
It is unclear what surname Laura Perez is currently using because a Facebook profile for a person named Angelika Perez who lives in San Antonio, Texas, appears to be a match for Laura Perez. It appears that Perez has maintained the weight she reduced after having bariatric surgery from “My 600-lb Life” in a profile photo of her on that Facebook account that was uploaded in 2021. She has lighter hair than in prior photos and a tattoo on her chest.
