Tummy Skin...

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  • barefootbridgey
    barefootbridgey Posts: 81 Member
    My experience with belly skin is....it doesn't go away. I'm a curvy girl and I plan to stay that way, so even though I'm still in the 180s, my goal weight isn't very far away (175). When I look in the mirror now...40 some pounds down (that's nearly 80 lbs down from pregnancy 4 years ago)...I'm pretty happy with everything. Legs, arms, face, butt...most of it is to my liking, all in all. But my belly...oh, another story. I can see that it is smaller, but the skin has NOT snapped back at all. It hangs. I don't care about the stretch marks...they're there, no biggie. Stretch marks are COMPLETELY cosmetic. Hanging skin is entirely another thing. When you bust your *kitten* to lose weight and tone up and can't seem to make it to that next pants size because of the skin...well, for me, that becomes a mental health thing. LOL. I'm losing weight, in part, to make clothes shopping easier, to be able to wear the things that I like, not just the things that happen to look decent on me. I can do that now to a degree, but I still have a big belly and still (occasionally) get asked if I'm pregnant! It's smaller now and it does look better, but not "better enough". I'm not a perfectionist and don't expect a perfect body, but for me, Id like my stomach to match the rest...by which I mean, be curvy (I'm not 17 anymore, of course), but mostly proportional...so, at 175, I expect a bit of a belly...I don't want the hangy skin that keeps me from jeans, dresses and shirts I love!!! Surgery is for me....I wish that wasn't the case, but it is. :)
  • jennifer52484
    jennifer52484 Posts: 888 Member
    This might sound weird.. but my trainer suggested putting Preparation H Cream on the area. I'm not sure for how long.. but it is suppose to help tighten the area. also, Wear tight clothing to hold the skin close. I used the cream on my stomach for a few weeks.. I think it worked, it is not a fast miracle cream but over time, I saw small results. He called it an "old bodybuilding trick".

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