Excess skin

[tampa 55]

Ad the sleeve 10/2013. Lost 100lbs. Very happy with my decision. Feel great. I work out but not enough. Has anyone had excess skin and tightened in naturally? I need advise. Encouragement. Please weigh in. Thank you!!!

[Leepers 1,195]

I think a lot of it has to do with age and how long we've been overweight. I carried all my weight in my belly so I haven't had to deal with the dreaded bat wings. My arms and legs are pretty Jello though. But my abdomen is the worst. I definitely have jelly belly and hangover. I'm hoping the weights and the crunches will help. And maybe it will take some time for my skin to catch up. I try to lotion up my body after I get out of the shower as they say dry skin doesn't have as much elasticity. Either way, I'm happier being flabby than fat.

[Jersrose43 837]

Complain to your doc regularly that you have itchy flop over underneath and start building a case for your insurance to pay for pannicylectomy

[Zingythingy 210]

I was banded a yr ago and lost 170lb. My everything has loose skin apart from my face. I'm having surgery on grounds of emotional distress to fix my tummy and boobs in a month. I was getting sore where the skin touched and it didn't matter what I did I couldn't like my body looking like that it was so depressing.

[erp 2,016]

Ad the sleeve 10/2013. Lost 100lbs. Very happy with my decision. Feel great. I work out but not enough. Has anyone had excess skin and tightened in naturally? I need advise. Encouragement. Please weigh in. Thank you!!!

I have loose skin on my arms and belly. The upper belly has impoved some but neither it now my hanging lower belly will go away without surgery. Similarly, I have wrinkly excess skin on my inner thighs and below my butt. I look like my tush deflated. I exercise about 5 days a week and lift weights 3 of those days. So yes, you will see improvement over time but as others have said depending on how long and where you carried yournweight, you may still have loose skin. Most days I am ok with my skin, I am a strstegic dresser and even with the skin still wear a size small.

[wcn1970 239]

Less than a year and 100lbs. Great job.

[tampa 55]

Thanks so much for your insight. Everything is a trade off. Because I am not lifting and really working out hard I can't complain. I would love to know of any success stories but at the end of the day I feel great. If I have to get a body lift I will. Ugh. Don't care to think about the recovery time

[crashkaers 7]

8 months post and down 130lbs, 34 yrs old. Belly and thighs are the worse. I have seen some improvement from lifting but I noticed running has seem to help more all over rather than just in focused areas that weight lifting does.

[Ava324 413]

I came across this article yesterday: http://www.muscleforlife.com/how-to-get-rid-of-loose-skin-after-weight-loss/

I'm 26 years old and my arms are looking awful. Definitely a subcutaneous fat issue for me.

[erp 2,016]

I came across this article yesterday: http://www.muscleforlife.com/how-to-get-rid-of-loose-skin-after-weight-loss/ I'm 26 years old and my arms are looking awful. Definitely a subcutaneous fat issue for me.

Please don't believe everything you read on the Internet. Either so much wrong with this article.

[Zingythingy 210]

Had abdominoplasty last Monday. Everything went great so far. 3.6kg belly flop gone forever. Delighted with results. Will post pics before and after when bandages off and drains are out.