Has your face aged following surgery?

[Zemi 72]

Recently i had someone trying to insist i was about 15 years younger than i am ... and i know part of this is all the weight in my face can be deceptive age wise. Just wondering if others have noticed their faces aging as they lost weight?

Curiousity only ... losing this weight is the important thing

[AngieBear 2,524]

Absolutely, especially in my neck area. I don’t mind, it’s totally worth it.

[336Mike 549]

I've been told I look alot younger than I am. A couple times I've been out with my 19 y/o son who looks way older than he is and people think we're friends. It's comical. Then, one of his college profs. said there was no way I was his father. It's all very flattering. I'll take it while I can get it!!

HW = 360
SW = 292
GW = 220 reached 3/7/18
CW = 210 @ 6'5"
150 pounds lost!

[ms.sss 15,585]

Yep, I think my face looks older now with the weight loss....and my neck looks pretty ancient. I suppose chubby faces look younger than angular ones. But am seriously considering a neck lift next year...or maybe eat more carbs 😜

[AZhiker 2,252]

My face is so wrinkly now , as is my neck. I think I look like an old goon, but...…. several people have told me I look so much younger! Go figure.

[JessLess 1,163]

I started getting much more serious with firming cream. I use Silk Therapeutics. It’s expensive, but it seems to help.

[AZhiker 2,252]

48 minutes ago, AngieBear said:

Absolutely, especially in my neck area. I don’t mind, it’s totally worth it.

I think my neck has actually shrunk up a bit in the past few months. The turkey wattle doesn't seem as pronounced as it was at first. I think the same is true for my arm flaps. So there is hope for even old dogs like me.

[ValerieInMexico 162]

I had a mini face lift, which is the neck and jaw line area after loosing the first 2/3 of my excess weight. Years later, I am on my losing the last 1/3. As usual, it comes off the face first. I met with a cosmetic surgeon last week, and I will see him in the Spring. It is a safe procedure, will update me a bit. No fat to remove, no muscle to tighten, just some loose skin. I had expected that and I am still glad I did it after losing the first 90 or so. It made a big difference.

Note that I am 62. I think young women should give it time and your skin can recover. For those of us with less elasticity, cremes won't do a lot.

[catwoman7 11,212]

yes. I was really shocked when someone offered me a "senior discount". And then it happened again! Granted, I'm old enough to be eligible at some places, but I'd NEVER been asked that because I'd always looked younger than I was. No more!! To be honest, I think I probably my age now - but the turkey neck has to go (at some time - I'm so done with plastic surgery right now!!!)

[GradyCat 3,695]

I've had people tell me I look younger in my AFTER photo compared to my BEFORE photo

[Zemi 72]

Thanks everyone who has responded so far ... interesting how much our necks impact how old we can look! and also the first time I’ve heard of the neck surgery .... thought I’d heard them all 😟 also interesting that for some it’s resulting in being younger looking and for others the opposite!

[S@ssen@ch 745]

When the weight was coming off faster, I had some sagging in my face and my chin/neck looked sort of shrunken with wrinkly waddles.

Now, the weight loss has slowed and my body has done what I call "redistribution". At certain angles, I can still see some of the wrinkly waddles in my chin/neck area, but for the most part, it's sort of evened out.

As I'm staring 50 in the face, I'm pleasantly surprised at my skin. For most of my life, people have complimented me on it, even when I was super-sized. I guess I was genetically blessed in that department, plus I've always taken care of my skin. I can see the aging, sun-spots and such. But I really don't have too many wrinkles, although I do have some persistent dark circles under my eyes that I'm very self-conscious of.

For me, my flappy arms are my biggest point of shame and I will probably look into having them taken care of in the future.

[Healthy_life2 8,324]

I’m 50, I think I look my age. I get comments that I look older and younger. I have no idea what my age looks like to other people. One strange thing is my body looks younger (with Spanx lol)

here is an old thread Face to face Friday. Face before and after’s

https://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/419083-face-to-face-friday/?tab=comments#comment-4688915

234 day of surgery

five years out and maintaining in the 130s

[ms.sss 15,585]

18 minutes ago, Healthy_life2 said:

I’m 50, I think I look my age. I get comments that I look older and younger. I have no idea what my age looks like to other people. One strange thing is my body looks younger (with Spanx lol)

five years out and maintaining in the 130s

You do NOT look 50. I'd peg you at mid to late 30's.

And your legs are like 20 year old legs!

Edited August 8, 2019 by ms.sss

[GreenTealael 25,350]

I look younger than before. The excess weight really aged me