Does your face look older after losing a lot of weight?

fitplease
fitplease Posts: 647 Member
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Is it normal for someone to get more wrinkly or have more lines once they lose some of the fat on their face? Can this result be minimized?

Thanks for the input.
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  • fitplease
    fitplease Posts: 647 Member
    I'll take no answer as a resounding no. Hey, that's good news! :-)
  • mustapekka
    mustapekka Posts: 59
    it might for some. genetics seems to play a big part in who looks older after losing weight, and who doesn't.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    That's what botox is for.
  • notdieting
    notdieting Posts: 116 Member
    Yes it's normal, your face skin stretches round the fat, just like your body skin does so once you lose weight, the face skin has less filler and therefore more wrinkles.

    I'm not sure you actually have more wrinkles than you would have done without the weight, just that you are used to them being less obvious.

    You can use moisturisers and treatments to lessen the effects but ultimately, you need to give your skin time to shrink back and also accept the less filled version of yourself.

    Personally, I prefer my new wrinklier face to my old fatter body any day!
  • Hauntinglyfit
    Hauntinglyfit Posts: 5,537 Member
    Depends. How old are you?
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    A lot of people said I looked younger
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    Lift heavy stuff.
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    i look younger.


    truth
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    I got carded last week.
  • iamanadult
    iamanadult Posts: 709 Member
    It depends how long it takes you to lose the weight.
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    I got carded last week.

    AARP doesn't count
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    Don't know....maybe but I like being thin better.
  • Allie_71
    Allie_71 Posts: 1,063 Member
    Me at 27. Ugh. Bad pic.

    71d09570-be7f-4740-994b-af5ea16dd3dd_zpsdd77d7ec.jpg


    Me at 42. 80 lbs lighter. Weight seems to add years. Hydrate your skin and exercise. I think I look younger now than I did then for sure.
    8151f9c0-ae24-41c0-abee-5acf00192deb_zpsf7d61a59.jpg

    From last halloween, at 41.

    d0210eff-6003-4eb5-8b2c-be576343eb1e_zps2dbd1ff5.jpg

    I have a little loose skin under my chin, but I think (and hope) that I"m the only one who is really cognizant of it...
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    Me at 27. Ugh. Bad pic.

    71d09570-be7f-4740-994b-af5ea16dd3dd_zpsdd77d7ec.jpg


    Me at 42. 80 lbs lighter. Weight seems to add years. Hydrate your skin and exercise. I think I look younger now than I did then for sure.
    8151f9c0-ae24-41c0-abee-5acf00192deb_zpsf7d61a59.jpg

    god you are stunning....and beautiful.
  • iamanadult
    iamanadult Posts: 709 Member
    Me at 27. Ugh. Bad pic.

    71d09570-be7f-4740-994b-af5ea16dd3dd_zpsdd77d7ec.jpg


    Me at 42. 80 lbs lighter. Weight seems to add years. Hydrate your skin and exercise. I think I look younger now than I did then for sure.
    8151f9c0-ae24-41c0-abee-5acf00192deb_zpsf7d61a59.jpg

    You look young for your age definitively, but much younger in the first picture.
  • landay
    landay Posts: 43 Member
    Losing weight gave me less of the "mom" look, which made me look younger. However, my wrinkles definitely gained definition.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    I got carded last week.

    AARP doesn't count

    this new generation of whippersnappers gives a lot of lip . . .
  • Pelly57
    Pelly57 Posts: 169 Member
    Depends on many things. Age, genetics, how fast the weight came off, how elastic your skin is.
  • TheGymGypsy
    TheGymGypsy Posts: 1,023 Member
    For some reason I always got mistaken for a 25-30 year old when I was 16 and overweight. Now that I'm 20 and healthy, people think I am 16. I have no idea why!
  • Pelly57
    Pelly57 Posts: 169 Member
    Me at 27. Ugh. Bad pic.

    71d09570-be7f-4740-994b-af5ea16dd3dd_zpsdd77d7ec.jpg


    Me at 42. 80 lbs lighter. Weight seems to add years. Hydrate your skin and exercise. I think I look younger now than I did then for sure.
    8151f9c0-ae24-41c0-abee-5acf00192deb_zpsf7d61a59.jpg

    You look young for your age definitively, but much younger in the first picture.
    You look amazing at 42!
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    In my case, only if I get too thin.

    Too much body fat makes me look older. Too little makes me look older. In the middle is my happy place.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Me at 27. Ugh. Bad pic.

    71d09570-be7f-4740-994b-af5ea16dd3dd_zpsdd77d7ec.jpg


    Me at 42. 80 lbs lighter. Weight seems to add years. Hydrate your skin and exercise. I think I look younger now than I did then for sure.
    8151f9c0-ae24-41c0-abee-5acf00192deb_zpsf7d61a59.jpg

    From last halloween, at 41.

    d0210eff-6003-4eb5-8b2c-be576343eb1e_zps2dbd1ff5.jpg

    I have a little loose skin under my chin, but I think (and hope) that I"m the only one who is really cognizant of it...

    I keep thinking that your in your early 30s, Allie. :drinker:
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    I got carded last week.

    AARP doesn't count

    this new generation of whippersnappers gives a lot of lip . . .

    :smokin: What about it old man! :laugh:
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    I dunno about looking older, but at 337.. I must've had a helluva beard under the faceflab.
    xLYPC0u.jpg?1

    153lbs later...
    1AG4LHo.jpg?1
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    I got carded last week.

    AARP doesn't count

    this new generation of whippersnappers gives a lot of lip . . .

    :smokin: What about it old man! :laugh:

    It's 4:00 p.m. Can't a guy eat his dinner in peace?
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    IMHO, if you are 50 and above, and lose a LOT of weight, then yeah, you will likely look haggard. Other than that, losing weight takes years off most people's faces.
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    I dunno about looking older, but at 337.. I must've had a helluva beard under the faceflab.
    xLYPC0u.jpg?1

    153lbs later...
    1AG4LHo.jpg?1

    Wow! You are amazing Trog!
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    Me at 27. Ugh. Bad pic.

    71d09570-be7f-4740-994b-af5ea16dd3dd_zpsdd77d7ec.jpg


    Me at 42. 80 lbs lighter. Weight seems to add years. Hydrate your skin and exercise. I think I look younger now than I did then for sure.
    8151f9c0-ae24-41c0-abee-5acf00192deb_zpsf7d61a59.jpg

    From last halloween, at 41.

    d0210eff-6003-4eb5-8b2c-be576343eb1e_zps2dbd1ff5.jpg

    I have a little loose skin under my chin, but I think (and hope) that I"m the only one who is really cognizant of it...


    Amazing! Beautiful too!
  • pwittek10
    pwittek10 Posts: 723 Member
    YES!
    But it adjusts
  • DesdemonaRose
    DesdemonaRose Posts: 190
    I look older, but it's because it gets rid of my baby fat cheeks. I look super young if I have fat cheeks so I'm happy with the "older" look. I still look younger than my age, just not 10 or 15 years younger.

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