1000-Lb. Best Friends’ Vannessa Cross Wants a BBL After 250-Lb. Weight Loss: 'Addicted to Plastic Surgery' (Exclusive)

• Vanessa Cross, who previously weighed 450 pounds, has lost 250 pounds. and went for skin removal surgery
• She tells PEOPLE that her newfound confidence allows her to “hold her head high”
• She says her skin removal surgery was so easy she’s “addicted to plastic surgery” and wants a Brazilian butt lift

Vanessa Cross can’t wait to reach the next goal in her impressive weight loss journey.

Before the premiere of the third season, 1000 lbs. Best friends star opened up to PEOPLE and revealed that following her 250 lb. weight loss, she was finally approved for skin removal surgery. Now, the 46-year-old says she’s “addicted to plastic surgery” and has her eye on BBL for her next procedure.

“My life has changed immensely, from 450 to now I’m under 200 pounds,” she tells PEOPLE. “I actually go to the gym. I actually eat extremely healthy food. I never saw myself leading a healthy lifestyle and here I am.”

In addition to reaching 200 lbs., Cross’ latest accomplishment was getting approval for skin removal surgery and saying goodbye to “Betsy May” — the nickname given to her excess belly skin.

“I was turned down by several plastic surgeons, which surprised me because it was nothing more than a bunch of skin hanging off,” she explains. “But I finally found a doctor who accepted me and I had plastic surgery.”

“I had Betsy May cut off, baby!” he says while waving his hands in the air. “She’s gone! She’s swimming somewhere!”

‘1000 lbs. Best friend Vanessa Cross was ‘fed up’ before losing 200lbs: ‘I changed everything’

Vanessa Cross before skin surgery.

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Cross admits it was scary and frustrating to be told no over and over again. She began to accept that her excess skin would be a permanent part of her.

“All I wanted was to be normal,” she says. “When I lost all the weight but still had that saggy skin, I was going to the gym, every time I ran, you could hear the fat roll sloshing. People would watch. You’re wearing a tank top and bat wings are hanging down, and they’re going ‘pop pop pop’.”

“Now I can go to the gym and run and I don’t have any problems. It’s amazing,” she continues. “I’m actually living life now. Instead of being a big person who just exists, I live.”

Since the surgery, Cross says he’s been trying to strengthen and tone the muscles in his arms and stomach where excess skin has been removed.

However, her next and “biggest goal” is to get a Brazilian butt lift, a procedure that uses “fat transfer techniques to achieve a fuller, rounder butt contour,” according to the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery.

“I’m a bit addicted to plastic surgery because my recovery was extremely easy and painless. So my next goal is the BBL. I want my Brazilian butt lift,” she says. “You know, white girl, I’ve never had a butt in my life. Mom and dad didn’t have a butt, so I’m going to need my plastic surgeon to give me one of those nice little round boots.”

‘1000 lbs. BFF’s Vanessa Cross celebrates wearing her seatbelt for the first time after losing 200 pounds.

Vanessa Cross.

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Even before the BBL, Cross boasts that her confidence level is through the roof and continues to grow.

“I feel like I’m the worst woman in the world and no one can touch me. I love being able to walk out the door every day and hold my head up knowing that I am somebody,” he tells PEOPLE. “Yes, I may have been someone at 450 pounds, but I was someone who just wanted to stay hidden. Now Vanessa is out, baby! I want the world to see me. I’m happy, I’m healthy.”

Feeling her best, Cross says she can’t wait for fans to see her journey to getting skin removal surgery approved in the upcoming third season 1000 lbs. Best friends.

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In PEOPLE’s exclusive clip from the premiere, Cross shows off all the off-the-scale victories she’s achieved since losing weight. He can’t believe he can actually bend his legs enough to get down and put his socks on.

“Every day I achieve monumental goals that normal and average sized people have lived with every day of their lives,” she said in the clip. “I can just get up and walk. Getting out of bed. I don’t need to have a toilet next to the bed. I don’t have to wear diapers anymore.”

Cross added in the video that she now also likes fitness and goes to the park to exercise by herself. However, she struggles with jumping and high knees due to excess skin.

“My confidence is getting stronger, but I feel a lot more self-conscious about all my skin, all my skinny barbells,” she said as she tucked the excess skin into her tights. “Miss Betsy May, you’re making this difficult, man.”

“The way she looks, it’s not sexy, it’s not cute. Let it stay 100. I feel like an old woman because of everything,” she said. “So I’m hoping and hoping and hoping that I’ll be cleared for skin surgery in the next few weeks.”

Cross added in the video: “That’s how I maintained my weight [fingers crossed].”

The season 3 premiere of the 1000-lb. Best friends airs Tuesday, October 22 at 10:00 PM ET/PT on TLC and Discovery+.

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