preventing excess skin?

amandacondon425

Am wondering (aside from surgery) what are some tips and advice to incorporate when working out and eating right to help prevent excess skin. I Lready have flabby parts and want to tighten those areas up and slim down tremendously.

sandryc79

Slow weight loss minimizes excess skin. Unfortunately other factors are age, amount overweight you are/were, genetics and how long you stayed overweight. Those things you can't control now.

It can take 2-3 years for skin to tighten up as much as it ever will.

jgnatca

sandryc79 wrote: »

Slow weight loss minimizes excess skin. Unfortunately other factors are age, amount overweight you are/were, genetics and how long you stayed overweight. Those things you can't control now.

It can take 2-3 years for skin to tighten up as much as it ever will.

The right answer.

If you want to do something for the sake of doing something, try a Vitamin E cream.

roeyrolex

Drink a lot of water and lather with cocoa butter and coconut oil. If you take baths throw epsom salt in too. All these things will help, but it mostly comes down to genetics and age.

Camo_xxx

Tips and advice for Preventing excessive skin:
Do not over eat and get so much body fat that you have excessive skin. Once you do the die is cast and you get what you got.
How much your skin shrinks after weight lose is anybody guess. Time will tell.

Sued0nim

sandryc79 wrote: »

Slow weight loss minimizes excess skin. Unfortunately other factors are age, amount overweight you are/were, genetics and how long you stayed overweight. Those things you can't control now.

It can take 2-3 years for skin to tighten up as much as it ever will.

Agree - plus follow a progressive lifting programme to have a decent musculature which can help

but it's mainly genetics and time

crazyjerseygirl

jgnatca wrote: »

sandryc79 wrote: »

Slow weight loss minimizes excess skin. Unfortunately other factors are age, amount overweight you are/were, genetics and how long you stayed overweight. Those things you can't control now.

It can take 2-3 years for skin to tighten up as much as it ever will.

The right answer.

If you want to do something for the sake of doing something, try a Vitamin E cream.

A cosmotology teacher taught me a trick to do this cheap.

1: buy your fave cream
2: buy victim in E capsules
3: break capsule in cream (it's an oil)
4: mix

BAM! Vitamin E cream! No idea if it does anything but it feels GOOOOOD!

999tigger

Agree with what sandy said. Steady weight loss allows time for your skin to adjust, do resistance trainining to retain muscle, drink a lot of water and be patient.

snowflakesav

Over time your skin may tighten up a bit. Good nutrition seems to help my skin.

Sadly, the consequences of obesity that can't be fully reversed aren't always made clear. This is one of those things. Thankfully you are in good company and many wear their extra skin proudly over their fit body.

Chrysalid2014

I'm using Bio Oil every day and keeping my fingers crossed. I lost close to 80lb before and didn't have a problem, so I'm hoping I'll be lucky again. I also take Imedeen every day (can't hurt might help).

amandacondon425

Camo_xxx wrote: »

Tips and advice for Preventing excessive skin:
Do not over eat and get so much body fat that you have excessive skin. Once you do the die is cast and you get what you got.
How much your skin shrinks after weight lose is anybody guess. Time will tell.

Thanks but I don't think having a child is considered over eating so much. Granted some of it is from not eating correctly. But for you to assume well you know what that does

amandacondon425

Thank you guys.