Did your face fill back out in maintenance?
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@lightenup2016
Check the link below. I think that you will get answers to your questions in those postings.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10207059/before-and-after-face-edition/p1000 -
Not really. I feel like maybe it sagged a little more right after the weight loss. It's been over 5 yrs now, and I'm also older.0
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I don’t have time to locate the photo right now but I will post a comparison shot later. My face did get better after a year.0
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My face fills out if I gain a few lbs back but not if I’m just maintaining the weight in which i was “gaunt”3
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Nope, it didn't fill out, , , so I grew a bigger beard!!!11
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Yes, I am more wrinkled with the weight off. I started taking collagen supplements about two months ago. I was hoping it would help my other saggy weight loss issue, 85 pounds and on maintenance now for a year and two months.
I think the collagen has helped my joints thus far, otherwise I may be just wasting my money, time will tell.
Doe some research and make up your own mind. The below article briefly discusses potential benefits and safety concerns:
https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/news/20180308/collagen-supplements-what-the-research-shows
This is sort of funny to me anyway. Been doing the collagen supplement now for about three months. Yesterday my wife asks if I am getting botox injections, which I am not. Not really taken collagen for my dace but...1 -
Okay, I found the pictures I was looking for. On the left is me on Christmas morning 2017 after a 125 lb weight loss. Next photo in the middle is Christmas morning 2018, same bathroom, camera, lighting, angle. The third photo is me on the morning of November 9 2019, same bathroom, camera, etc. In all pictures I have just woken up, no makeup except leftover eye smudges from the night before. Same weight within a couple of pounds, about 150 at 5’8”. I am 51 years old now.
To me there are subtle but noticeable improvements in the fullness of my features and the wrinkles around my eyes and mouth. I also have fuller eyebrows in the last due to thyroid medication.
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Thank you, @rheddmobile: Yes, subtle but noticeable, similar to things I noticed in myself (but didn't photograph). It's so helpful that you have photos taken under nearly exactly same conditions.
I don't understand why this is hard for some people to believe: Stress shows in our faces, and weight loss takes us a few percentage points away from optimum good health, which also affects appearance. Weight loss is a stressor. Beyond that, there are additional adaptations to completed weight loss that happen over time, after goal, like glycogen replenishment, continuing tightening of skin, and so forth. Some of them are slow.
I can easily believe that the effect is greater for some, less for others, potentially for reasons not clearly related to magnitude of weight loss, speed of loss, age, etc. But for people on the route to goal, it seems reasonable to expect that there may be some gradual improvement, and not to let worry about this be an additional stressor.
The idea that we're all going to look olders/worse is just not born out by the before/after photos in Success Stories, or by yours.6 -
@rheddmobile - wow. You clearly have great skin, which helps, but I am knocked out by the difference between first and last pictures. Yes, it's subtle, but very noticeable when compared side by side.4
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nighthawk584 wrote: »lightenup2016 wrote: »I’ve only lost 13 lbs so far, but I’m already seeing more lines in my face, and I look older and tired. I’ve read that some people who have seen the same thing, see their face fill back out a little in maintenance. How many have experienced this? I’m hoping it’s temporary, maybe from the calorie deficit? I am 46, so maybe just age? But I’ve seen a definite change in the last two months...
Thanks!
Wait till you hit 54 like me 😛 I figure if my face doesn't fill out a little, dealing with that and some squishy skin is much better than the alternative of being obese again!
^^ Exactly right. For me, it's not my face, but my neck. Ugh. Suddenly, I'm starting to resemble a mummy (and I don't mean a British mother). I'd rather have wrinkles, though, than a stroke, or be one of those obese older people taking millions of pills to stay alive.
Edited to add @rheddmobile, you look great and give me hope. Thanks for posting those photos and congrats on your weight loss.3 -
Ageists! As an old person, I'm hurt by your hateful comments about wrinkles. Every wrinkle, every scar is a badge of honor. Give me a woman with age over a young Italian supermodel sunbathing in her Turin villa any day. Besides,that hollowed-out-heroin-user look is all the rage. Get hip hipster clothes and go with it!7
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Ageists! As an old person, I'm hurt by your hateful comments about wrinkles. Every wrinkle, every scar is a badge of honor. Give me a woman with age over a young Italian supermodel sunbathing in her Turin villa any day. Besides,that hollowed-out-heroin-user look is all the rage. Get hip hipster clothes and go with it!
I'm an older person, too.
My recent wrinkles from weight loss aren't badges of honor. They mean I didn't take care of myself, stayed overweight/obese too long, and stretched my skin out. My skin isn't a disaster, but it does show what happens when we neglect our fitness and health for years. Hopefully, in maintenance it will improve.12 -
OP here, thank you for all of your replies. Rheddmobile—you look great, and I can definitely see a difference over time. That’s what I’m hoping for.
I have looked at the before/afters, including the face edition. Everyone definitely looks better after, but I wouldn’t say everyone looks younger. I do think thinner with a few more wrinkles is better for overall health, longevity, mobility, etc. I was just discouraged that I’ve finally figured out what works for me, and suddenly I have these deep lines on the sides of my mouth, which literally weren’t there 1 to 2 months ago. I ordered the vitamin C someone recommended, and although I’ve looked into collagen supplements, I just can’t bring myself to take them. I’m going to shoot for drinking more organic bone broth, though.
I wanted to add that I’ve never been in the obese range, only just into “overweight” by BMI. So I can’t say I ever had an obese face, only slightly more filled out. I guess that’s why these lines have surprised me after losing 14 lbs. Saggier neck is happening, too! 😩
Thanks again, and any more insight is definitely welcome!7 -
lightenup2016 wrote: »I’ve only lost 13 lbs so far, but I’m already seeing more lines in my face, and I look older and tired. I’ve read that some people who have seen the same thing, see their face fill back out a little in maintenance. How many have experienced this? I’m hoping it’s temporary, maybe from the calorie deficit? I am 46, so maybe just age? But I’ve seen a definite change in the last two months...
Thanks!
Maybe this article can help?
https://livestrong.com/article/547156-how-to-keep-a-full-face-when-losing-weight/1 -
Ageists! As an old person, I'm hurt by your hateful comments about wrinkles. Every wrinkle, every scar is a badge of honor. Give me a woman with age over a young Italian supermodel sunbathing in her Turin villa any day. Besides,that hollowed-out-heroin-user look is all the rage. Get hip hipster clothes and go with it!
If you are a man, the bolded part is BS!4 -
HufflepuffGrl9 wrote: »Ageists! As an old person, I'm hurt by your hateful comments about wrinkles. Every wrinkle, every scar is a badge of honor. Give me a woman with age over a young Italian supermodel sunbathing in her Turin villa any day. Besides,that hollowed-out-heroin-user look is all the rage. Get hip hipster clothes and go with it!
If you are a man, the bolded part is BS!
Where’s the LOL button?! 😂😂😂😂
Now, now, ladies: He said "Give me a woman with age . . .". He didn't say what age.
I won't judge him, because I'm sure there are men who appreciate women of their own age, and he may be one. However, looking around at men of my acquaintence who are old-ish and find themselves single, the typical "age" seems to be "about 10-20 years younger than the guy".
(This is not a grumpily resentful observation. I'm single (long widowed), but a conscientious objector to this whole "pairing up" thing, for a couple of decades now. Most people seem never even to get one actually happy marriage; I'm already over quota. )14 -
I have to admit that my saggy neck from my successful weightless bothers me to the point of thinking maybe I should weigh more, and lift weights to shape my body and to keep smaller, while retaining some fat so I don't look older. I'm doing face yoga and using retin A and other creams and giving it a good chance to improve..but I just don't know.
I think most people look younger thinner..but I have seen some after photos on here where people look way older.3 -
I'm in my mid-30s, and I definitely experienced a bit of the "diet face" when I was hard-core calorie restricting. I looked a bit gaunt, and my fine lines stood out more. It didn't take long for that to reverse, and now I look much younger than I did when I was 20 lbs heavier. Lifting weights helped tremendously.
At one point last year before I lost weight, someone mistook me for my sister's mom. She is 6 years older than me. (She does have unusually perfect skin for her age.) Now people ask us if we're twins, and that is a huge compliment to me since she has always been one of the most beautiful women I've known.8 -
I look years and years younger. I see my younger self in the mirror.4
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