Can a Dr tell me if this is loose skin or fat? *PICS*

if you want to look good naken why would you want a tummy tuck? it leaves a horrible scar. To be honest I think it's a combination of fat and lose skin. Diet and weight lifting to help but there will come a point when you will need to accept your body.

But scars look better than loose hanging skin
Maybe I could get tht laser thing.

I guess everyone has their own opinion. I would understand if you had lost 300 pounds and had massive amounts of lose skin but I personally wouldn’t get the large scars as a trade off for a little lose skin… I don’t know what the last thing is but I can’t imagine it would remove excess skin?

My first thought was 'what loose skin, where?? My second thought was - I wish I looked even a quarter as good.

Please stop beating yourself up - you look AMAZING!

B x

My first thought was 'what loose skin, where?? My second thought was - I wish I looked even a quarter as good.

Please stop beating yourself up - you look AMAZING!

B x

I'm like her...i know how she feels...

I lost 95 pounds over a two year period. I had a bit of a flabby FUPA, too. The skin will un-stretch a bit, but for me, the only way that really has taken away the "loose skin" areas is putting muscle on in the area. Like building deltoids and triceps helped with the underarm loose skin. I put on a bunch of muscle on my back, and in my opinion, I think even that helped with the look of my FUPA skin. And of course tons of ab muscles kinda pushing up against the surface (even thought I'm no where near a 6 pack) help make the stomach look less... flabby.

But mainly time. Give it a year or two, unfortunately, for the skin to un-stretch. Good job losing all the weight. Wear ANY bathing suit with pride.

(I even had a FUPA-like skin-fold hanging thing above each of my knees! It was so gross.)

Look into It Works wraps...it's like $99 for a pack of 4 and you use them over a course of a few weeks. I've had some great results with them, if you google it you can find before and after pics too and a rep to purchase from. This could help that area and get you ready for bathing suit time! Great job on your loss! You look great!

Look into It Works wraps...it's like $99 for a pack of 4 and you use them over a course of a few weeks. I've had some great results with them, if you google it you can find before and after pics too and a rep to purchase from. This could help that area and get you ready for bathing suit time! Great job on your loss! You look great!

No, except for the 'you look great' bit.

You look great. At 24 years old, your body will have more elastin which helps the body retract the skin more quickly. I have lost 200 pounds at 37 and after 22 months, the skin is still getting tighter.

Strength training will help to improve the muscle behind the skin so it can hang better rather than just flop down.

I have seen tummy tuck operations that still leave massive scars all the way across. This is because when they operate they have to leave some extra skin so when standing up, it doesn't go too tight.

I think you look pretty damn good! Give it more time.

Firstly congratulations on losing 66 pounds! And your arms are looking super strong too!

How quickly did you lose the weight? If it was a rapid weight loss, it may be a matter of needing to wait a bit to let your body regain some elasticity.

I would also recommend some core strengthening exercises... your upper body looks strong, but your core muscles look like they could use some strength. Do you incorporate any sort of planking and squats into your training? How about running?

Took me a year and 1/2 to get 66lbs off. I started Aug 2011 at 185lbs. The first week, I dropped to in the 170s (water weight) And by the beginning of 2012 I was 155. Then from 155 to 122 happened slowly through out 2012. Then 122 to 119 since the beginning of this year. I dont really think I lost fast. I think I just have horrible genes. I'm covered in stretch marks too.
I actually have some abs trying to show through, Just takes the right amount of lighting to see them.


I do deadlifts, bent over rows, bench press, overhead press, squat and assisted pull ups. I'm pretty sure more of them use the core to stabilize. I don't do much cardio, because I am skinny fat. I'm 119lbs & like 25 or so % body fat. I carried most of my weight right in my belly & still do. So I pretty much just lift with a small deficit. I was advised by Sara. So I'm pretty sure I'm got my routine down

I know fthat if you would ad some cardio to your routine, You would lose some of the fat that you carry with you and that would tighten you up even more. Worked for me, I had 6 children and was fit, but through the fat collected during the pregnancies you couldnt see the muscle. I do cardio if I can direct after weight lifting, that way the body goes and burnes fat cuz it don't have no carbs to burn for energy because they were burned by the weight lifting sessions. It did wonders to my body. Maybe you should give it a try before you consider a tummy tuck. Good luck

I know that a friend of mine that had weight-loss surgery was told to wait about 2 years after losing a lot of weight. You are young your skin may recover.

I can't really tell from the pics if you have any stretch marks on that portion of your abdomen, but if not there's still hope. It does look like loose skin to me (tho I'm only a nurse, not a dr.).

You have done a fabulous job! I wouldn't consider surgery if you're undecided about kids. Ya never know what life throws at you!

One word of advice that I have discussed with a few here - as we get better, stronger, more in tune with ourselves we tend to be more critical of small things and look at issues which we would have found acceptable 6 months prior as major issues.

This - could you ever have imagined worrying about a tiny inch of flab on your stomach when you started out?!

But if you are intent on losing that last little bit I'd incorporate some HIIT into your weights routine, I have found it the most effective way of getting trimmer.

First off, serious congrats are in order! 66 lbs is AMAZING. That takes lots of dedication and patience and I just find this amazing!!

I think you look GREAT in that bathing suit. I will tell you that I am 4'11" tall and carried a 9 lb baby to 42 weeks pregnant! My stomach was literally 4' around on the day I was induced. I also had an emergency C section. When I left the hospital, my stomach was so saggy it was nearly touching my hipbones and it was covered in stretch marks. I am not going to lie... the sight of it made me weep. For almost the first year of my daughters life, I didnt look in the mirror. I got dressed in a mirrorless room because I just did not want to see my stomach! All of a sudden, nearly 2 years after her birth, my stomach started slowly firming up. I still am overweight and still working on losing fat but my stomach is like 75% better then it was 2.5 years ago. Hang in there. Sometimes it just takes the body time to acclimate and reshape itself!! Do not get discouraged.

And lastly, and I REALLY hope you do not take this the wrong way because it is meant in a total positive way and with much love, I think you need to build your confidence up before you make ANY big decisions like surgery. Because if what you think of yourself is less then 100% then surgery will only provide a little bit of relief. Good luck to you!! And again, congratulations!!

Try doing more core exercises, sit-ups, crunches ect

This may sound crazy, but try trampolining or rebounding (jogging tramp). The skin and muscles will tighten in response to the gravitational pull while bouncing.