Is 30 too late to avoid loose skin?

[tiff062712 6]

I am about to be 30 in 2 days and my friend went through gastric sleeve and had really good success in the last 5 months she's lost 81 pounds from 300 she now 215 and back in a size 18 from 24 .

She is 36 now when she did the sleeve and my mom was 46 when she had gastric bypass.

I want to do the surgery but I'm scared about having lots of loose skin at my loan young age..

Does anybody have any knowledge they can provide?

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[tiff062712 6]

My mom has a lot n ny friend already has loose skin under arms

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I'm more worried about the stomach skin

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[AvaFern 3,516]

I had the sleeve 3 months before I turned 30. I ended up looking like a big, empty sack of deflated person. Even before I had plastics though, I would far rather be saggy than be fat. I had three separate surgeries to repair the skin and for the first time in my entire adult life, I feel very confident in how I look. You can fix the skin, but you can't worry about it until you fix the fat, and to be fair, your skin isn't going to give you a heart attack, a stroke, or diabetes, so the aesthetics of how you look are less important than how you will feel when you are at a healthy weight.

[FrankyG 1,450]

Your age really isn't as big an issue as other factors. It's how much weight you lose and how long you've been fat and to a lesser extent how good your genetics are (whether family members have "good skin").

If you have been very large for a long time (more than a few years anyway) it's going to mean your skin has been stretched out for such a long time that it might not bounce back as well. Obviously if you are younger, you do have a small advantage moreso than if you waited into your 40s or 50s.

But the thing to remember is that loose skin is completely cosmetic and weight the advantages for your health and enjoyment of being a normal weight vs being fat.

Frankly, cosmetically, a little loose skin is nothing to me compared to my health. I will deal with the skin if it becomes an issue, but I look waaaaaaaaay better now than when I was fat even with a bit of saggy skin.

[tiff062712 6]

I had the sleeve 3 months before I turned 30. I ended up looking like a big, empty sack of deflated person. Even before I had plastics though, I would far rather be saggy than be fat. I had three separate surgeries to repair the skin and for the first time in my entire adult life, I feel very confident in how I look. You can fix the skin, but you can't worry about it until you fix the fat, and to be fair, your skin isn't going to give you a heart attack, a stroke, or diabetes, so the aesthetics of how you look are less important than how you will feel when you are at a healthy weight.

I can't afford additional surgeries. That's what I'm worried about. Did u work out while losing the weight?

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[tiff062712 6]

Your age really isn't as big an issue as other factors. It's how much weight you lose and how long you've been fat and to a lesser extent how good your genetics are (whether family members have "good skin").

If you have been very large for a long time (more than a few years anyway) it's going to mean your skin has been stretched out for such a long time that it might not bounce back as well. Obviously if you are younger, you do have a small advantage moreso than if you waited into your 40s or 50s.

But the thing to remember is that loose skin is completely cosmetic and weight the advantages for your health and enjoyment of being a normal weight vs being fat.

Frankly, cosmetically, a little loose skin is nothing to me compared to my health. I will deal with the skin if it becomes an issue, but I look waaaaaaaaay better now than when I was fat even with a bit of saggy skin.

Does your partner mind the skin?

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[FrankyG 1,450]

Your age really isn't as big an issue as other factors. It's how much weight you lose and how long you've been fat and to a lesser extent how good your genetics are (whether family members have "good skin").

If you have been very large for a long time (more than a few years anyway) it's going to mean your skin has been stretched out for such a long time that it might not bounce back as well. Obviously if you are younger, you do have a small advantage moreso than if you waited into your 40s or 50s.

But the thing to remember is that loose skin is completely cosmetic and weight the advantages for your health and enjoyment of being a normal weight vs being fat.

Frankly, cosmetically, a little loose skin is nothing to me compared to my health. I will deal with the skin if it becomes an issue, but I look waaaaaaaaay better now than when I was fat even with a bit of saggy skin.

Does your partner mind the skin?

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Nope. It's not that bad. Even if it was, he didn't mind me being fat, so why would he mind me being less fat with a bit of sag? We're all going to end up getting older and lose skin tone and get wrinkles and change appearance, so getting used to the idea that what you see right now ain't what you're going to look like 5 years, 10 years, 20 years down the road is probably a good thing to start getting comfortable with.

Losing the weight was the best. I feel better and I can do more things and will (hopefully) live a much longer life with the guy that I love and who also loves me. THAT is what is important in my book.

I get that appearance is important, but the husband thinks I am beautiful and loves that I'm more engaged in life, more active and involved in lots of fun things, and taking more interest in clothes and my hair and stuff I'd stopped putting much effort into. I have gorgeous foundation garments now (lots of fancy stuff but just plain pretty things because I can buy shapers and they smooth and hold things in perfectly). And I have nice clothes that look damned good on me and I can shop in regular stores if I want and if the price for all of that is a bit of saggy stuff when I'm buck naked? Yeah, I'm okay with it. But then again, I might be less saggy than many I've seen, so I guess take what I'm saying with a large grain of salt.

And you say you can't afford any plastics in the event you have extreme saggy skin (not sure how much weight you have to lose and that would make a difference), but there are some instances where insurance will cover things like a Tummy Tuck if the pannus (apron of belly skin) is causing rashes (definitely discuss with your doctor since they probably will need to document stuff like that to make the case with insurance), and worst case, you cut out spending on non-essentials and get a second job or something to save like crazy so you can afford plastics a few years down the road. You can make it happen if it is truly important to you!