stretch marks/loose skin??

somedaysoon84

i am 30 pounds into my weight loss (about half way!). i am getting worried about the loose skin i'm seeing EVERYWHERE. it is great... but i worry that it won't go away. when i hit puberty (i've never been skinny, but i was only a slightly chubby kid) i got a few on my hips, lower back, and thighs. i hit a growth spurt at 14 and aquired a one on the back of each arm and a few behind the knee (again not FAT, just shot up a few inches pretty quickly)

THEN... i got pregnant. i was about 220 when i got preg, my heaviest ever ( im 5,6) i gained 20 pounds during my pregancy,so not a huge number, and it was all belly. of course i got LOTS of tiger stripes there, which whatever.... but what REALLY REALLY concerns me is the ones i got on my upper arms. they go from armpit to elbowand get more the further up my arm they go, thin, white (never red) . i can't wear tank tops. i am super concerned about people seeing them. they are pretty much my main concern when trying on clothes

i now have some pretty good "wings" and have started weight training. i'm worried about if/how the skin will shrink back, and if it doesn't what i can do. surgery is an option, but so so so expensive. and i'm not sure that being left with a big scar and less stretch marks is any better.

i'd love to hear anyone who has them and how your skin went back or didn't and what the plan is. thanks.

fatchiick

I feel your concerns but its life, youll have to learn to be comfortable in your own skin... I have stretch marks on 80% of my body, I have always been overweight.. I always say, my body was ruined before I ever had it, at this point I really don't care, When I lose my weight and truly feel like I own my own body, I will wear my arms out, my middrift I feel like it, I have huge boobs and have never worn my bare clevage out, my ex-boyfriend use to get soooo upset and yell at me for not being comfortable with my body... he doesn't know what its like to have fat/flab and stretch marks on darn near every part of your body, and I have AN(Acanthosis Nigricans) on top of that...its a sign of diabetes.. I've had it for as long as I can remember and its on every typical surface AN surfaces, neck, boobs, underarms... I mean my body is just ruined in my eyes, Every doctor I've seen about it hasn't batted an eye at it and tells me it will go away whem I lose weight, I've asked for skin bleach, cream etc they all say it wont work...I have to loae weight.. at this point like I said I don't care.. surgery is not an option, if someone wants to comment on the condition of my skin that's their issue.