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Loose skin help!

Moonlitriver17
Moonlitriver17 Posts: 46 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Anyone have any recommendations on how to tighten up loose skin in addition to exercise?

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Patience, it takes time to shrink.

    Other than that, surgery.
  • socalrunner59
    socalrunner59 Posts: 149 Member
    Skin will not tighten up after substantial weight loss. Three years after I lost more then 70 lbs, I had a tummy tuck and breast lift to get rid of the loose skin.
  • jeepinshawn
    jeepinshawn Posts: 642 Member
    Going on close to a year now after a 120lb weightloss, skin is still loose. Nothing to do but live with it or get the surgery done.
  • Moonlitriver17
    Moonlitriver17 Posts: 46 Member
    How quickly did you lose the weight?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    edited July 2016
    A fast speed of loss only matters in that your skin's shrinkage rate will not keep up with it. After a year or two, fast or slow, the end product is the same.

    Genetics, how big you were, and how long you were big are the major factors in how much excess/loose skin you have.

    FWIW it took me a year to lose 52 lbs. I have more fat to lose but all signs point to me likely having excess skin that won't go away without surgery. I admit I hate it but I'd rather have it than be bigger again.
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