How to tone the extra skin from weight loss

teamflatbelly
teamflatbelly Posts: 177 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
What has people done when you have lost all that weight and your skin has not tightened back up and you have flabby skin all over what did you do?

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  • Le_Joy
    Le_Joy Posts: 549 Member
    pouted a lot. No matter how much strength training I did it didn't all go away. Got better, but there was still some. Til I gained weight again...
  • Koketa0510
    Koketa0510 Posts: 80
    I would really like to know too .. My flabby skin is bringing me down. I can my feel muscles are tight but the skin is just hanging around....
  • teamflatbelly
    teamflatbelly Posts: 177 Member
    hopefully someone will comment soon to help us out :)
  • SparklesPlenty
    SparklesPlenty Posts: 90 Member
    unfortunately there is not much you can do. once the elasticity is gone it's not coming back. This is why people get Skin surgery and tummy tucks. I have it too and I hate it.
  • corrymeela
    corrymeela Posts: 24 Member
    enter'loose dkin' in the search box,there are 50 pages of comments...
  • corrymeela
    corrymeela Posts: 24 Member
    sorry-loose skin
  • teamflatbelly
    teamflatbelly Posts: 177 Member
    sorry-loose skin
    Thanks
  • teamflatbelly
    teamflatbelly Posts: 177 Member
    bump
  • unicornassassin
    unicornassassin Posts: 141 Member
    My bat wings (ha!) were pretty bad when I started to lose weight, and I was worried about them getting worse as I lost. I've been doing strength training consistently, and I noticed yesterday that my arm flab is shrinking. So, it seems to me that strength training is the best fix, but as other people have said, there will be a certain amount of lose skin that you just can't do anything with.
  • teamflatbelly
    teamflatbelly Posts: 177 Member
    lol bat wings can't be that bad. Thanks for the help thou
  • tippietoes
    tippietoes Posts: 46
    I used Bio Oil. After the birth of my son my stretch marks were quite prominent. They're now barely visible- you really can only see them in certain angles of light. The loose skin that was on my lower belly has also returned to what it was pre-pregnancy. It took 6 months of use, twice daily. I don't know the exact science behind it, but it hydrates the skin which in turn helps with elasticity. Expensive but it worked for me.
  • teamflatbelly
    teamflatbelly Posts: 177 Member
    OH wow will try thanks so much
  • monkeymouse74
    monkeymouse74 Posts: 288
    I spoke to a plastic surgeon, he said you need to maintain your weight for a year, the skin will shrink back as far as it's going to be able to in that year, and the rest can be taken off with a tummy tuck. I still think that strength training and bio oil will make a huge difference in that time frame too.
  • teamflatbelly
    teamflatbelly Posts: 177 Member
    Thanks :)
  • teamflatbelly
    teamflatbelly Posts: 177 Member
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