Skin Elasticity

cc3833

Hello everyone. I was just curious how weight loss has affected people's skin? I have no stretch marks on my abdominal area or arms. I do however have them on my hips and thighs. When I lost about 40 lbs (I have since gained it back over 2 years and am currently down 20 lbs with about 40 lbs to go) my stomach seemed pretty tight as far as the skin goes and my thighs did seem to have very minimal loose skin (more like just noticeable when I grabbed it not really to the eye). I am definitely bottom heavy and tend to lose the weight off my stomach first and then everything else follows.

Basically I was just curious if people could describe their experience with weight loss and how their skin reacted to it. I know it has to do with genetics and such. Also if any of you saw changes in your skin after maintaining the weight loss for some time?

MegaMooseEsq

There's a great discussion on loose skin at https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10453193/honest-loose-skin-thoughts-pics/p1 that might be worth a read. It's incredibly variable and highly dependent on genetics, but I know some of the longer-term maintainers have said that their skin improved for a year or more after they stopped losing.

cc3833

Thank you!