how much can I expect my face to change from weight loss

Ortax

Do you think that if I lose 40 pounds (going from 180 to 140) my face will appear a lot thinner. I would think so.

Also, how much did your face change after losing weight?

capperboy

I aged ten years

jennifer_417

Everybody is different, and there's no way to really know where the fat is going to come off, when. My face thinned out quite a bit more than I expected it to, and much earlier in the process than I expected, but your experience may be different.

Mcgrawhaha

i have been told i am almost unrecognizable now... i have kids in high school, and was treated with disrespect last week by an office lady assuming i was one of my daughters "buddies"... i was told that i did not need to walk her to the office, and that i needed to go back to class... oh boy, i wasnt happy...

godsgrl33

This is where people say they can tell if you lost weight or not, is in the face.

michellekicks

Quite a bit...



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Vorenus85

I'm practically unrecognizable to people who I don't see daily. With 40 pounds to lose, there will probably be some degree of change to your face, but without knowing where your fat is distributed, it's difficult to say with certainty how different it will be.

ChristinaOfDecember

I lost in total 40 pounds and I got 10 years younger. All think I am 24 XDXDXD

JcMey3r

Its like asking how are you going to look after you loose 40lbs. Obviously it is going to be very different.

TomDonis

Before: 242 lbs
After: 154 lbs
Loss: 88 lbs
Time frame: 10 months
Age: 43

I'm still getting used to my face. It sometimes looks a little gaunt/thin/sickly I guess. I like to think it's still settling in. I feel fantastic however

iechick

Mine lost quite a bit, including my double chin. I went from the 170s to a current maintenance range of 120-123lbs and my face is very thin now. I'm still getting used to it.

crafty30

My Face was the first place I lost it...Same with my Husband.. I don't have any before and after face shots but its quite noticeable.. annoying thing is i hate my nose and I just think it makes it more pronounced now i have a thinner face ha! never happy!!

kr1stadee

<--- almost 60lbs... my neck and my face slimmed quite a bit!

rjmudlax13

It's typically the first place you and other people notice. It can be dramatic sometimes depending on how much weight you lose.

seltzermint555

Obviously everyone is different in this area, whether you start really big or relatively average like you are.

I'm the type who always had a normal/average face even at my heaviest. Only when I was at 300 lb did I even have a HINT of a double chin. From 280 to now (218) my face looks pretty much the same. Neck, too. I do think I look slightly older in the face due to weight loss but it's a price I am willing to pay. I'm 36 and when I was at 260-270 people always assumed I was in my twenties. Now they guess me around 30.

Meanwhile, my best friend's all-time high weight is 170 and she still has a very full face, double chin, etc, at 130. It has changed some, but not much.

I know another woman whose face looks completely different going from (estimated) 180-190 down to 130. Her nose is a totally different shape, and she used to appear to have a round face and now it's very oval.

Punkin7411

My face has slimmed down dramatically. Another interesting loss....my feet!! Yes, I've even had to buy new shoes!! Hadn't really thought about that!

LivingtheLeanDream

If you take the weight off gradually you'll hardly notice. Its when people lose weight very quickly that it comes off the face first and can be very aging.
I think my face looks ok despite it now looking 'slim', its not gaunt but even if it was, it would be preferable to being heavy - cos when I was heavy I had no energy and was unfit - now I am FULL OF BEANS lol

Well done for making the decision to lose weight - you will reap the benefits in numerous ways

ps my fingers lost weight and my rings became loose.
My wrists got 'thinner' so I had to use a smaller notch on my watch - the LAST notch!
my chest! down two sizes and still plenty there lol
and I'm slowly having to replace ALL my clothes!! expensive but thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding :-D

Diary_Queen

sakuragreenlily

Before: 242 lbs
After: 154 lbs
Loss: 88 lbs
Time frame: 10 months
Age: 43

I'm still getting used to my face. It sometimes looks a little gaunt/thin/sickly I guess. I like to think it's still settling in. I feel fantastic however

If it makes you feel any better, it probably just looks gaunt/thin/sickly to YOU. I think you look healthy and handsome! We are our own worst critics. Glad you're feeling fantastic though

seltzermint555

If you take the weight off gradually you'll hardly notice. Its when people lose weight very quickly that it comes off the face first and can be very aging.
I think my face looks ok despite it now looking 'slim', its not gaunt but even if it was, it would be preferable to being heavy - cos when I was heavy I had no energy and was unfit - now I am FULL OF BEANS lol

Well done for making the decision to lose weight - you will reap the benefits in numerous ways

I think this is true. I have gone from 307 to 218 in 5 years and like the way I look.
When I was in college and right after, I went from 299 to 227 in a few months and I looked really strung-out and my eyes appeared hollow and huge. It was not attractive.

SailorKnightWing

My dad has lost 10lbs (still obese) and it's almost entirely in the face. I just lost 20lbs (from top of normal to middle of normal) and it was only in the last 3lbs that there was a change in my face, though it's pretty noticeable. My mom has lost 37lbs (top of overweight to top of normal) and her face hasn't changed at all.

It's not even genetics, it's a total crapshoot where you'll lose weight from.

jodynolte

My face has slimmed dramatically too. I feel like it has added some years, as I am already 44. People always guessed me young, but I imagine not so much anymore. But I will take it over carrying all the other weight around with me! Good luck!

Francl27

My face has slimmed a lot but my chin is still one of the places where fat refuses to leave *shakes fist*. But I still have at least 18 lbs to go.

And yes sadly I think I look my age now. I always looked like 10 years younger... now, not so much.

jimshine

One of the first signs I had that I was losing weight was in my face. I developed this wrinkle on my chin. It has aged me a little as my skin is loose, so it shows wrinkles I never had. But it is indeed firming up. For me the biggest change is in the chin and neck. I had no defined jawline. Now I do.

Here I was at about 50 pounds in. But I had a lot to lose.

asp415

<<< my profile pic. Before & after 25lbs. Lost. I have lost more since but want to wait to update the face comparisons @ 50lbs.

Cheeky_and_Geeky

I lost quite a bit in my face but I look older now.

SLLRunner

The 30 lbs I've been working to take off is some of the 70 pounds I'd gained back over a five year period. However, before I'd gained the 30 lbs, I ran into a friend who was my neighbor. She recognized me only by my voice. That was inspiring.

mehranabdullah5

I have one solution for this, if u want to lose weight but not face value. Try this....

Usually we asked to eliminate sugar when we plan to weight loss but here is a different method, i.e.
Don't eliminate all kind of sugar from your diet, use natural sugar sources like dates, mangos, in your lunch and dinner, but count them, means count what calories you getting from sugar and try to burn them in gym, that's the perfect way I have ever seen.

cheers...

Merhan Kh..