Mixed nsv's. Good pants, bad face :)

[gamergirl 4,609]

I'm really happy, 24 days out. We avoided complications, pain and horrors. We're both losing weight. And today I had a good and bad NSV although bad may not qualify as V?

Good: I'm fitting into my smaller pants! Land's end elastic waist starfish pants, but went from XL to L. Yay me!

Bad: I'm starting to show turkey wattles under my neck. Eeps! I worried about aging when I lost weight because the fat sure plumps out my 47-year face. I have very few wrinkles compared to women my age but again, artifact of fat I'm sure.

This is normal, right? You can't lose 21 lbs in 4 weeks without getting some signs of aging, yes? This will lessen over time? Maybe? What's been your experience?

[No game 14,437]

47 here too! I noticed my face went through a baggy droopy phase in the first few months too!

But either I've gotten used to it or it bounced back a bit.

I'm in the camp that it bounced back though

[gamergirl 4,609]

47 here too! I noticed my face went through a baggy droopy phase in the first few months too!

But either I've gotten used to it or it bounced back a bit.

I'm in the camp that it bounced back though

I've seen your pics and I don't see baggy droopy so I think you are correct!

Don't anybody think I'm complaining. I'd rather taking looking older and living longer than looking younger until the minute I drop dead prematurely but I'm having a vain moment

[Leleboo 104]

Hey game girl I'm 47 also and I have lost 78 lbs. so that turkey wattle is getting smaller and I have been using a night cream on my neck during the day.

[No game 14,437]

I've seen your pics and I don't see baggy droopy so I think you are correct!

Don't anybody think I'm complaining. I'd rather taking looking older and living longer than looking younger until the minute I drop dead prematurely but I'm having a vain moment

Thanks and yes I agree I would rather have the health benefits any day!

But I was a little taken aback in the beginning when my face looked tired and aged.

But hey now when I look in the mirror, it's not in horror anymore as to what's looking back at me. So it's "all" good

Nice new picture by the way !!

[tigerbelle 328]

laura-ven, I hope my experience is like yours...I am 51 (yikes) and 3 months post-op...I definitely have lost weight in my face and neck, and I definitely think it makes me look even older than I am...I hope by the time I am a year out, I "bounce" back as well...but, like you and others, the health benefits will outweigh the looking older