Does your face look older after losing a lot of weight?

fitplease

Is it normal for someone to get more wrinkly or have more lines once they lose some of the fat on their face? Can this result be minimized?

Thanks for the input.

fitplease

I'll take no answer as a resounding no. Hey, that's good news! :-)

mustapekka

it might for some. genetics seems to play a big part in who looks older after losing weight, and who doesn't.

pastryari

That's what botox is for.

notdieting

Yes it's normal, your face skin stretches round the fat, just like your body skin does so once you lose weight, the face skin has less filler and therefore more wrinkles.

I'm not sure you actually have more wrinkles than you would have done without the weight, just that you are used to them being less obvious.

You can use moisturisers and treatments to lessen the effects but ultimately, you need to give your skin time to shrink back and also accept the less filled version of yourself.

Personally, I prefer my new wrinklier face to my old fatter body any day!

Hauntinglyfit

Depends. How old are you?

ryry_

A lot of people said I looked younger

Cliffslosinit

Lift heavy stuff.

Alex_is_Hawks

i look younger.


truth

BeachIron

I got carded last week.

iamanadult

It depends how long it takes you to lose the weight.

ryry_

I got carded last week.

AARP doesn't count

Yanicka1

Don't know....maybe but I like being thin better.

Allie_71

Me at 27. Ugh. Bad pic.




Me at 42. 80 lbs lighter. Weight seems to add years. Hydrate your skin and exercise. I think I look younger now than I did then for sure.


From last halloween, at 41.



I have a little loose skin under my chin, but I think (and hope) that I"m the only one who is really cognizant of it...

Alex_is_Hawks

Me at 27. Ugh. Bad pic.




Me at 42. 80 lbs lighter. Weight seems to add years. Hydrate your skin and exercise. I think I look younger now than I did then for sure.

god you are stunning....and beautiful.

iamanadult

Me at 27. Ugh. Bad pic.




Me at 42. 80 lbs lighter. Weight seems to add years. Hydrate your skin and exercise. I think I look younger now than I did then for sure.

You look young for your age definitively, but much younger in the first picture.

landay

Losing weight gave me less of the "mom" look, which made me look younger. However, my wrinkles definitely gained definition.

BeachIron

I got carded last week.

AARP doesn't count

this new generation of whippersnappers gives a lot of lip . . .

Pelly57

Depends on many things. Age, genetics, how fast the weight came off, how elastic your skin is.

TheGymGypsy

For some reason I always got mistaken for a 25-30 year old when I was 16 and overweight. Now that I'm 20 and healthy, people think I am 16. I have no idea why!

Pelly57

Me at 27. Ugh. Bad pic.




Me at 42. 80 lbs lighter. Weight seems to add years. Hydrate your skin and exercise. I think I look younger now than I did then for sure.

You look young for your age definitively, but much younger in the first picture.

You look amazing at 42!

LorinaLynn

In my case, only if I get too thin.

Too much body fat makes me look older. Too little makes me look older. In the middle is my happy place.

BeachIron

Me at 27. Ugh. Bad pic.




Me at 42. 80 lbs lighter. Weight seems to add years. Hydrate your skin and exercise. I think I look younger now than I did then for sure.


From last halloween, at 41.



I have a little loose skin under my chin, but I think (and hope) that I"m the only one who is really cognizant of it...

I keep thinking that your in your early 30s, Allie. :drinker:

ryry_

I got carded last week.

AARP doesn't count

this new generation of whippersnappers gives a lot of lip . . .

:smokin: What about it old man! :laugh:

trogalicious

I dunno about looking older, but at 337.. I must've had a helluva beard under the faceflab.


153lbs later...

BeachIron

I got carded last week.

AARP doesn't count

this new generation of whippersnappers gives a lot of lip . . .

:smokin: What about it old man! :laugh:

It's 4:00 p.m. Can't a guy eat his dinner in peace?

QuietBloom

IMHO, if you are 50 and above, and lose a LOT of weight, then yeah, you will likely look haggard. Other than that, losing weight takes years off most people's faces.

Iron_Lotus

I dunno about looking older, but at 337.. I must've had a helluva beard under the faceflab.


153lbs later...

Wow! You are amazing Trog!

Iron_Lotus

Me at 27. Ugh. Bad pic.




Me at 42. 80 lbs lighter. Weight seems to add years. Hydrate your skin and exercise. I think I look younger now than I did then for sure.


From last halloween, at 41.



I have a little loose skin under my chin, but I think (and hope) that I"m the only one who is really cognizant of it...

Amazing! Beautiful too!

pwittek10

YES!
But it adjusts

DesdemonaRose

I look older, but it's because it gets rid of my baby fat cheeks. I look super young if I have fat cheeks so I'm happy with the "older" look. I still look younger than my age, just not 10 or 15 years younger.