Non surgical skin tightening options

No answers for you, but I'm curious about this one.

Doesn't exist. Sorry. But my wife uses Maderma skin lotion to treat her after pregnancy stretch marks. It is actually working.

Have lost 100+ lbs. and am looking to tone sagging skin on abdomen and chin and upper arms. I know spot exercises don't help but any thoughts out there would be appreciated.

There is hope… My wife was in the same situation. She lost 58 lbs, size 16 to size 6 and now weights 136 lbs. She had some lose skin and we researched it. If you are young, it may tighten up in time. However my wife was 45 and it wasn’t going to tighten much. So you have two options: Surgery to remove the skin (not recommended) or feel the skin with muscle. Most woman say right away… NO ! I don’t want to look like a man. Well, you can’t, you don’t have the testosterone it takes to get that big. If you worked as hard as you can to build muscle, you would never get that big. My wife began working out on weights and now looks great. You can see her before/after pictures on her site. www.advocarelife.net, click before/after on the left side. even one in a bikini (lol). She still would like to tighten more and she is working really hard on more muscle. This is all my just my opinion, but I say “fill with muscle”. My wife is cool about helping other reach their goals, feel free to email her questions if you like. Good luck and God Bless with your goals…

You can see her before/after pix at www.bobbydavis.net.

I too have initially loss in excess of 100#'s. I have the saggy skin I drink lots of water and do toning exercise. I do believe once I am at goal wt I will have to get some surgical help.

I used to work for a place that did mineral body wraps, mainly targeting loose skin. I had just had my son when I worked there and they gave me one and it worked amazingly on the loose skin on my stomach! Granted they are rather expensive. Ours ranged from $125 to $140 apiece, depending on the type of wrap, but, in my opinion, if you have the money they're worth it.

I wondered this after having my son and gaining a huge saggy belly. Lost 20 lbs last year and only in the last couple of months did the sagging start to reduce. I asked the dr and she said that basically where a 20 something would get her shape back in weeks for me at over 40 it would take months or even a couple of years but with good diet and exercise it does sort itself out eventually.

My waist went from 28" to 46" when pregnant and by the time my son was 1 year old it was back to 30". Still have a couple of lbs to shift but having seen my results so far I know the best option is patience.

Other options are things like pilates and yoga which specifically tone and build muscle without building bulk.

I thought I saw on one of those TV doctor shows where there is a new option available for skin removal. It is less invasive than a full tummy tuck. It can only be done on those that have good muscle structure under the fat and skin, where they pretty much just remove the extra skin and re-locate the belly button if needed. I think they said the healing time was like half that of a regular tummy tuck because they didn't cut or stitch the muscles.

I have also seen on the news shows where cut rate plastic surgeons are realllly messing up some womens lives. If you consider ANY plastic surgery please get 2-3 opinions and do your research on the doctors!

I lost over 120 lbs. When I first got to my goal weight, I had lots of loose skin. I couldn't wear short sleeve t-shirts or shorts because of it. There was even a small amount of loose skin under my chin but...I STILL LOOKED GREAT! I lost the excess weight being around 40 years of age so I was at a serious disadvantage that way. I couldn't afford the surgeries and so just decided it didn't matter...I'd wear long sleeves. Well...lo and behold...the longer I maintained my goal weight...the tighter the skin got. It seems it simply takes longer for the skin to catch up. 5 years later, still maintaining at or below my goal weight, the skin has tightened up enough that I can wear those short sleeve t-shirts and I wear shorts as well (not short-shorts...but hey...I'm 47 years old!). I don't need "girdles" to wear a fitted dress and everyone thinks I look "hot" so I'm quite happy!

(You can look at my before and after pictures...)

I did alot of research into "skin tightening" options but the truth is that if you're youngish...more will tighten but it takes time. Building up the muscle underneath works wonders in and of itself. (I love to flex my muscles and smile about it!) If you're "oldish"...depending on hormones and genetics...it may or may not tighten as well...but it does somewhat tighten up over time.

Lotions and creams didn't do so much for me. Time...muscle toning and maintaining my goal weight were the best things.

I still have loose skin but when people look at me as a "hot mama"...who cares about the loose skin. My arms still flap...and I still have wrinkles on my upper thighs so I stay away from bikini's (I am 47 after all) but I feel absolutely beautiful and don't let that bother me or keep me from enjoying my new...thin...healthy...body!

BUMP

http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/dietarytherapy/a/CastorOilPack.htm You can also just rub the castor oil on your stomach and wrap yourself with saran wrap and then put a towel over the wrap and a heating pad over the towel. Make sure it's cold-pressed castor oil from a health food store. I don't care for the flannel because it keeps shrinking and is just gross. I'm going to try it without the cloth tonight. Just be sure to wear no clothes or nasty clothes when you do this because the oil does stain. I use an old sleeping bag to cover my bedding. I do it while I watch Mad Men on Netflix.

Did it work? The castor oil with the saran wrap and hot towel. I am looking for ways to tighten thighs and arms.