Is there any way to know if I'll have a bunch of loose skin?

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  • derik999
    derik999 Posts: 73
    Lose the weight and then worry about it.
  • aedreana
    aedreana Posts: 979 Member
    24 years ago, I was very briefly 200 pounds at 5' 3 1/2." I lost the weight quickly by crash-dieting. I have never exercised. The lowest weight I was at AFTER reaching 200 but BEFORE menopause was 118 and I had no loose skin. Within 3 years after menopause, my weight (I was 135 pounds) redistributed. My weight did not change. I developed loose skin without losing weight because my weight redistributed. The loose skin was exacerbated by weight loss down as far as 108 pounds. And further worsened because my skin then got very thin in addition to losing elasticity. So, when I was young I lost 82 pounds, crash-dieting, no exercise, no loose skin. When old, I developed loose skin without weight loss. Age destroys skin elasticity and drastically thins skin. That is why skin gets loose then. Age is what does the damage--and especially, in the case of females, the loss of hormones due to menopause.

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