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Is it possible for your head to get smaller/narrower when you lose weight?

magicpickles
magicpickles Posts: 286 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I know you lose weight from your chin (no more triple chin! hello cheek bones! goodbye neck fat), but what about around your head, where your hair is?

I was watching a video of myself today, and from the side, I looked slim, but from the back, you could tell I was big.

What do you think? Am I crazy?

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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Yes. Your head shrinks. Mrs has always insisted that I wear a helmet when I bicycle. My helmet was adjusted to fit me before I joined MFP. After losing 60+ lb, I dug the bike out of the garage and prepared to ride it. I had to make a substantial adjustment to tighten the helmet so that it wouldn't fall off my now small head.
  • melonaulait
    melonaulait Posts: 769 Member
    My head is the biggest and fattest around, it's so weird.
  • Madwife2009
    Madwife2009 Posts: 1,369 Member
    No, you're not crazy. My overall head size has shrunk a bit - I've also had to adjust my cycling helmet (@JeromeBarry1, your wife is right to insist on a cycling helmet!) and the arms of my glasses no longer make indents in the side of my head - there's now a gap there instead :)
  • magicpickles
    magicpickles Posts: 286 Member
    That was supposed to say ''I know you can lose weight from your face'' not chin.
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