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Loose skin

Elijah8468
Elijah8468 Posts: 37 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Was just wondering what everyone who has lost a good amount of weight has had to handle with loose skin. I myself have lost about 75lbs with as much as 90lbs at most. But even at my lightest I seem to have that last little flab around my bellybutton. My wife has had a tummy tuck and she suggested that route. I see pics of people who were bigger than me and lost more weight and seem to have tighter stomachs.

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  • MichelleSilverleaf
    MichelleSilverleaf Posts: 2,027 Member
    Loose skin is all about genetics. Toning can help fill in loose skin as well as time for the skin to bounce back.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,311 Member
    When did you hit goal weight? My loose skin kept shrinking well into year 2 of maintenance.

    IME, in the areas where there's still a bit of subcutaneous fat under the skin, that fat conspires with gravity to keep the skin stretched. Those would be areas with thicker folds or rolls, like 1/2" or more. To lose that, I think I'd need to lose more weight than would be sensible, undertake recomposition (too lazy ;) ), or go for the surgery (nope).

    The areas where there was just loose skin, thinner wrinkles like in a medium-weight fabric, those slowly shrank pretty well over time.

    This was losing around 50 pounds, nearly a third of my body weight, at age 59-60.
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »
    Loose skin is all about genetics. Toning can help fill in loose skin as well as time for the skin to bounce back.

    Genetics is part of it. Age, amount of weight lost, and how quickly the weight was gained/lost also are factors.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,311 Member
    kq1981 wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    kq1981 wrote: »
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10689837/does-this-uterus-make-my-stomach-look-fat#latest here we go, yay me lol i love this thread btw, just thought id share as its all about loose skin :)

    You realize OP is a guy, right? No uterus?

    Arghhhhh oops im such a dickhead omg im so sorry, i cant even delete my posts fml im an idiot i didnt even read it properly, obviously :s sorry OP, im not usually this stupid i promise

    Don't worry; we all have days like that! :flowerforyou:
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