Loose skin after surgery

[healthyamy 6]

I am 24yo 5ft3in tall and I weigh 370. I was wondering if anyone was similar to me before surgery and if so do you have a lot of loose skin

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I'm a little over 5'2" and my starting weight was over 400. However I am more than twice your age. So far most of my lose skin appears to be on my lower half. I have been walking since day 1 and returned to the gym at 3 weeks post op. To be honest the lose skin doesn't worry or concern me. Once I hit goal. I'll access the situation and decide if I want to do plastics or not.

[BarrySue 602]

At your weight, yes, you will have lots of loose skin. So do I. It's a luxury tax we pay for being able to eat whatever we want over the course of our lives.

[glitter eyes 1,398]

Your age may help you with the loose skin. I lost about 100 pounds when I was 30 and had zero loose skin. Everything tightened up wonderfully.

This time around at the age of 43 when I had weight loss surgery I lost 130 pounds and some of my skin is loose. Arms are ok, stomach is the worst.

A lot of things come into play with the loose skin aspect. There is always plastics if you feel you need it.

[livvsmum 2,370]

There are so many factors that come into play with loose skin. There's age, lifestyle choices, skin elasticity, hydration, etc. It's impossible to predict. I would think though that, yes, you will have lose skin. I lost 150 pounds and had lose skin enough to warrant a Tummy Tuck, but even without the TT, it still would have been worth it in the long run. The loose skin is a small price to pay for my health.

[3283 8]

Hi I'm also worried about lose skin, I was sleeved on the 18/12 so only a few days out have been instructed to walk 30 mins briskly twice a day and so little hand weights for my arms!

People are all different but there are many things you can try or do, for example dry body brushing, keeping your skin well hydrated and loads of Water, supplements for skin and lots of exercise!

Unfortunately is the lesser of two evils

[mmwishart 41]

I'm 5'2", and I weighed 200. I have lost 60 lbs. I do have loose skin on my upper arms and around my belly. I'm 54, so I think if I was younger the arms might not have been as bad.

I will say that as I started working out more, the arm flaps got better.

[rnsamantha 352]

I'm 35 and have lost just over 100 lbs in the 6 months since my surgery. I'm at my goal weight (175) although my BMI is still 25.5--I'm thinking of a new goal weight of 160 now! The bulk of my loose skin is in my breasts. I do have a little on my stomach, upper thighs, and upper arms. Working out has definitely helped with the arms, but there's probably always going to be a bit of a flap there! I may have plastics in the future, but I am happy to take the loose skin over the 100 extra lbs!!