Skin?
jackierhof
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If you lose weight quickly for the first few months are you destined to have loose skin?
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Lots of things factor into the amount of loose skin you will have - the total amount of weight you have to lose, nutrition, age, exercise habits, getting enough rest even. The best thing you can do is focus on hitting your protein and water goals, taking your vitamins, and doing strength training as well as cardio. It's a waiting game to see how much your skin will bounce back, In my case, it probably won't. I am 50, and I have already lost 171 lbs with about 60 more to go. I would rather have loose skin though then 200 lbs of extra weight!!0
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Speed of weight loss does little to impact the amount of loose skin you will have. Genetics plays the biggest part.
From my many years in the bariatric community, I'd say over 80% of us have enough loose skin and lumpy-bumpyness (most of us do not lose it evenly) to warrant plastic surgery. Of that 80%, many are still content and accept their bodies as-is and many of us (myself included) have plastic surgery. Mentally I could not live with the skin.0 -
What they said.
Every once in a while someone decides to lose slower so they'll haae less excess skin. It just doesn't work that way. They end up losing less weight, with just as much loose skin had they lost faster.
Take advantage of the honeymoon period and lose as much as you can.0 -
It's been my experience that with any excess weight loss--for those of us who have been overweight for a very long period of time--excess skin will be inevitable. The amount, as said, will have a good bit to do with genetics, yes. I have found, though, for myself, that over time, my body is readjusting itself and the excess seems to be less (though it is still there.) Maybe I am just more accepting of it, or maybe not. My arms are probably the biggest issue, I think, but I'm not one to go sleeveless, so I can deal with it. My legs are firm and my stomach is nearly flat, so it's okay for me. Yes, there is a little skin, so I'm not bikini ready. For me, at my age, I'm good with that. I don't think that even if it was affordable, at this point, that I would have the surgery, but that is me. I have other physical issues (such as an eye problem) that are deformative, and since they are not able to be fixed, I figure that there isn't much point is fixing the rest. Just my personal dilemma there, though. So awesome that the plastics are available for those of us who do want to go that direction though!0
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If you lose weight quickly for the first few months are you destined to have loose skin?
Everyone is different. My sister had lap band, and lost 180 lbs in short order. Her surgery was in 2009, and she has maintained that loss. She was morbidly obese since childhood. She consulted with a surgeon and was told that, despite the fact that she was pretty young (30), her skin was never going to rebound, because of her high level of obesity for so many years. Her skin was just too used to being stretched out.0 -
Really depends on your age as well as how much you have to lose. I'm in my late 50's so even without weight loss, am starting to sag. The weight loss just adds to it for folks like me. I've seen younger people lose well over 100 pounds and still not need surgery to remove the excess skin. Lots of good advice here for you to maybe help avoid it.0
