body wrap in Plastic, etc.

sorry, but no, it won't melt any fat. You'll simply sweat more.

Short answer: NO

Long answer: Yes, sorta. I used to get body wraps years ago and they do actually 'work' in the sense that they temporarily compress your fat so that you do temporarily lose inches. And by temporarily I mean 72 hours up to a week, max. At the salon/spa I went to they used ace bandages soaked in a 'special herbal treatment' (I forget exactly what was in it besides Epsom salt) and they wrapped you up pretty snug from neck to ankles. Then you'd lay down for 45 minutes or so. It really was remarkable how much it compressed the fat down. Also, it was great for my skin, made it really soft.

I've been thinking about getting them done again because a friend of mine who lost over 100 pounds got them twice a month while she was losing weight, she said it helped to keep her skin tight. I've got really good skin elasticity for a 40 year old but still, since I'm losing over 100 pounds I'm concerned about sagging skin. The body wraps at a spa are so expensive nowadays! About $100 a pop. So if I start doing them again I'll probably just buy some ace bandages and stuff and have my husband wrap me up.

I would stay away from plastic! Google DIY body wraps for some ideas

Short answer: NO

Long answer: Yes, sorta. I used to get body wraps years ago and they do actually 'work' in the sense that they temporarily compress your fat so that you do temporarily lose inches. And by temporarily I mean 72 hours up to a week, max. At the salon/spa I went to they used ace bandages soaked in a 'special herbal treatment' (I forget exactly what was in it besides Epsom salt) and they wrapped you up pretty snug from neck to ankles. Then you'd lay down for 45 minutes or so. It really was remarkable how much it compressed the fat down. Also, it was great for my skin, made it really soft.

I've been thinking about getting them done again because a friend of mine who lost over 100 pounds got them twice a month while she was losing weight, she said it helped to keep her skin tight. I've got really good skin elasticity for a 40 year old but still, since I'm losing over 100 pounds I'm concerned about sagging skin. The body wraps at a spa are so expensive nowadays! About $100 a pop. So if I start doing them again I'll probably just buy some ace bandages and stuff and have my husband wrap me up.

I would stay away from plastic! Google DIY body wraps for some ideas

this sounds somewhat similar to the itWorks wraps. there are a few of my friends that use and sell these... funny part? these people endorse these products and swear by them yet they are overweight and/or unhappy with the way they look. i'm not saying they absolutely do not work because i've only tried 2. yes, i lost inches, but i gained them back from poor diet (when my husband returned from deployment we got food happy... LOL).

Very interesting......So they are not good sales people for the product they are trying to sell....Hum....So it does work for a temporary time? interesting....This is really agrivating..The whole purpose of loosing this weight not only for my health, but also to look good is being defeated by this...And it just won't go away! UHG!!!!!

I have the same issue with the skin (i have it on my stomach and inner thighs). My doctor told me the best thing I can do is apply lotion as often as possible and drink plenty of water and get plenty of calcium I think she said. I have noticed since I started doing more intense exercises (i'm doing p90x) my stomach has started to lift. I still have a long ways to go, but i'm hoping that will help a little. I think the wraps work if you use them consistently. I just can't afford the $25 a pop to use them every single week or whatever. I have two children and we are a single income family. Other things take priority. LOL Good luck to you!!

LOL! I remember seeing that on an episode of real housewives. Pretty sure it's probably a scam.

Thank you so much Marie, Something has got to work. I feel like the Jello commercial when I walk or work out..You know the old jingle? " Watch it wiggle, see it Jiggle? LOL

LOL yeah i feel like that sometimes. i feel FANTASTIC when i'm clothed and nobody can see the jiggle, but let's be honest here... it's in the triple digits with the temps here in kentucky lately. tank tops and shorts come out when we're just sitting around at home. i feel sorry for my neighbors who have to see me... LOL

Marie, OMG....yes....this heat is horrible. Today has been cool for once. we have never spent so many days above 98, and this past weekend three days in a row over 100! I don't like our cold weather in winter, or the heat of summer. I guess I need to move to San Francisco! I was told they get all the way down to 55 in winter and all the way up to 75 in summer. I could live with that for sure!
Your neighbors will have to live there as mine do around here! If they don't like it, don't look! Besides I am helping them with their own diets because they just look at me and either get sick to their stomach, or tell them selves...That is what I am headed for, and they through out those chips! LOL
Bryan

bahaha you are nuts. LOL i'm sure they aren't thinking negatively about anything. if anything, i bet they are like "wow! he looks fantastic!" i know my neighbor tells me all the time how proud she is of me and her cousin once told me that my body is her "ideal" body. they don't think the negative things we do about ourselves. they see happy, healthy, and fit while we see the excess skin. LOL :happy:

Yeah, I don't believe it for a second.

1. Where does the fat actually go? If it's not in that exact spot anymore, it's gotta be somewhere else now.
2. How does it actually make your skin tighter besides more squished together? Your skin cells don't just "disappear".

I know it's extreme, but it's also something I've considered since I have 150lbs or so to lose, but once you get to your goal weight and toned up as much as possible, but what about a skin tuck? Is that something that could be in the cards?

The only other thing that I can think of without googling it myself, is to just continue with the weight training and toning, maybe it's just taking your skin longer to figure out that there's too much of it?

All you lose is water weight. Comes right back. Did you really think this would do what diet and hard work at the gym would do?? The longer you spend chasing the false lure of silver bullets the longer it's going to take you to get focused on what you really need to do. Eat in a calorie deficit and get exercise.

after large weight losses you have to have skin and fat removed by surgery. the stomach flap is called the pannus and is typically removed via surgery as i said earlier.

is this a necessity? will this never go away even with exercise? when i mentioned my "flaps" to my doctor, she said "lotion, water, calcium". i completed Insanity recently and I am doing p90x and while no my tummy flap isn't "gone", it is MUCH smaller than it was and my stomach is slowly lifting in a way. do i think it will completely vanish? no, actually i think the skin is something ill always have and i've accepted that (i think...lol)

Do you have a pannicula (large flap of skin on your tummy that hangs over your belt/underwear line).... I have had one for years even when I was thin and it drove me crazy. The more weight I lost the worse it got people say that it will eventually go away if you eat well, drink water, work out like a beast and blah blah blah. My plastic surgeon told me that it has to be surgically removed... I hope that $money$ day comes cause I will have it done... $10,000 ....

And they can do your thighs too.