how much can I expect my face to change from weight loss

Everybody is different, and there's no way to really know where the fat is going to come off, when. My face thinned out quite a bit more than I expected it to, and much earlier in the process than I expected, but your experience may be different.

This is where people say they can tell if you lost weight or not, is in the face.

I'm practically unrecognizable to people who I don't see daily. With 40 pounds to lose, there will probably be some degree of change to your face, but without knowing where your fat is distributed, it's difficult to say with certainty how different it will be.

Its like asking how are you going to look after you loose 40lbs. Obviously it is going to be very different.

Mine lost quite a bit, including my double chin. I went from the 170s to a current maintenance range of 120-123lbs and my face is very thin now. I'm still getting used to it.

<--- almost 60lbs... my neck and my face slimmed quite a bit!

Obviously everyone is different in this area, whether you start really big or relatively average like you are.

I'm the type who always had a normal/average face even at my heaviest. Only when I was at 300 lb did I even have a HINT of a double chin. From 280 to now (218) my face looks pretty much the same. Neck, too. I do think I look slightly older in the face due to weight loss but it's a price I am willing to pay. I'm 36 and when I was at 260-270 people always assumed I was in my twenties. Now they guess me around 30.

Meanwhile, my best friend's all-time high weight is 170 and she still has a very full face, double chin, etc, at 130. It has changed some, but not much.

I know another woman whose face looks completely different going from (estimated) 180-190 down to 130. Her nose is a totally different shape, and she used to appear to have a round face and now it's very oval.

If you take the weight off gradually you'll hardly notice. Its when people lose weight very quickly that it comes off the face first and can be very aging.
I think my face looks ok despite it now looking 'slim', its not gaunt but even if it was, it would be preferable to being heavy - cos when I was heavy I had no energy and was unfit - now I am FULL OF BEANS lol

Well done for making the decision to lose weight - you will reap the benefits in numerous ways

ps my fingers lost weight and my rings became loose.
My wrists got 'thinner' so I had to use a smaller notch on my watch - the LAST notch!
my chest! down two sizes and still plenty there lol
and I'm slowly having to replace ALL my clothes!! expensive but thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding :-D

Before: 242 lbs
After: 154 lbs
Loss: 88 lbs
Time frame: 10 months
Age: 43

I'm still getting used to my face. It sometimes looks a little gaunt/thin/sickly I guess. I like to think it's still settling in. I feel fantastic however

If it makes you feel any better, it probably just looks gaunt/thin/sickly to YOU. I think you look healthy and handsome! We are our own worst critics. Glad you're feeling fantastic though

My dad has lost 10lbs (still obese) and it's almost entirely in the face. I just lost 20lbs (from top of normal to middle of normal) and it was only in the last 3lbs that there was a change in my face, though it's pretty noticeable. My mom has lost 37lbs (top of overweight to top of normal) and her face hasn't changed at all.

It's not even genetics, it's a total crapshoot where you'll lose weight from.

My face has slimmed a lot but my chin is still one of the places where fat refuses to leave *shakes fist*. But I still have at least 18 lbs to go.

And yes sadly I think I look my age now. I always looked like 10 years younger... now, not so much.

<<< my profile pic. Before & after 25lbs. Lost. I have lost more since but want to wait to update the face comparisons @ 50lbs.

The 30 lbs I've been working to take off is some of the 70 pounds I'd gained back over a five year period. However, before I'd gained the 30 lbs, I ran into a friend who was my neighbor. She recognized me only by my voice. That was inspiring.