I was recently having a discussion with a Personal Trainer (PT) mate of mine.

He was asking me about the changes I'd noticed with my body since losing my 230 lbs (so far)..
I told him about my 'deflated balloon belly'...

He laughed...

I told him about the 'bat-flaps' of skin under my upper arms that slap against me sometimes when I move...

He laughed...

I told him about my two sizes smaller feet...

He laughed..

The I told him about what was REALLY p*ssing me off...

My 'turkey neck'...

You see, I had a great big bullfrog type head...

Neck really...

I was one puffed-up-canetoad lookin' dude...

I mean, have a look at this -

As you can see, I've kept the beard in an effort to cover up the under-chin carry on...

Actually, that pic on the right was in October last year, so I've lost a little more from there now...

I'm in a new job now, so I'm decidedly more 'neat and tidy'..

Anyway, back to the 'roid cream thing...

My PT mate was telling me that a lot of the female body builders he knows use the 'roid cream to smooth their bits (no, not THOSE bits) when it comes to comp time...

He reckoned that if I grab a tube or two and have a crack at applying it regularly, it may just smooth and tighten my biggest uncovered embarrassment...

So, here's the sh*t -

Beginning Monday, I'll be applying the Doot Cream twice a day...

It'll be post shower in the morning and evening...

Over the weekend, I'll try to take a decent pic of the affected area...

If I can do so, I'll post it on Monday, then each Monday after I'll post updated pics to see if there's any difference...

I'll also be trying some 'neck yoga sh*t' that I just stumbled on when I googled "wobbly neck skin"...

I hope to be able to shave the beard off (or some of it) by my birthday in July (18th for all those planning gifts)...

So, if anyone is interested, stay tuned and we'll see how we go...

Of course, if anyone has already tried this, please feel free to chime in and let me know how you went...

Thanx for reading all the way to the end...

Assuming you did...

Jason

@@Christinamo7

Yeah, I'll have a crack next week...

I'll buy the crappy soup stuff on the weekend...

That'll free up Sunday afternoon tho...

That's usually my "cookin' time"...

What to do......

@@Christinamo7

Yeah, I'll have a crack next week...

I'll buy the crappy soup stuff on the weekend...

That'll free up Sunday afternoon tho...

That's usually my "cookin' time"...

What to do......

just how much time will this free up? think all the mischief you could get into............. boggles the mind.

@@KindaFamiliar

I heart you.

That is all.

@@Christinamo7

With shopping and stuff, it'll free up about 90 mins...

Which means I'll have nothing for the entire day...

I guess it's "BP stalking and stirring up sh*t Sunday" this weekend!!

@@Babbs

You're not so shabby yourself...

Thanx for dropping in...

Hey look, I am a hot old girl but I can take terribly unflattering photos when I put my mind to it. I don't feel like revealing my turkey neck right now tho.

You really do look great in spite of that funny accent

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Good morning guys. 6.45 here in the UK and sitting in bed, with a cup of tea, the menagerie and husband still snoring and I am chuckling away to myself. What a great way to start the day-reading the Great Arse Face Experiment posts. I'm not being sarky either. For once I'm serious. Just think of all those people who wake up and spend the day with faces like smacked arses as that is just how they naturally, or by temperament are!!!!! Blimey, at least we all have the capacity to laugh at ourselves.

I've just remembered a little incident concerning my flappy neck which I shall impart to you mob.

Have had to renew my passport in the last couple of weeks. The first set of photos I had taken showed a great expanse (well it looked like the Grand Canyon to me) of spare neck flesh. I spent about a day wondering if I could cope with looking at them for the next ten years every time I travelled anywhere. Vanity won out and I went back to the photo booth but this time with a scarf elegantly swathed around my neck. This is now the version which is with Her Majesty's Passport Office!

You can just see a few bits of flappy flesh but on the whole, think I've got away with it.

As for the research, on the case................

@@CowgirlJane

What DO you feel like revealing??

@@jintycb

Anusol...

Germoloids...

Too - f**king - funny!!!

I know we can get 'Rectinol' here...

Oh no...

I've just become a 12 year old boy again...

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Germoloids...

Are these the before pictures? Where are the pictures with the cream all over your face? And after pictures?

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So....

Just to add some not great news to this thread- (and I thank you for your amazing pioneering work in this area) I spoke at length with a pharmacist about this and apparently in Australia the ingredient that was responsible for the tightening under eyes was taken out of all the products 2 years ago. ????

And the current products are not safe to be used under the eyes (I know the experiment is on neck area.... But I'd planned on bathing in the stuff if it was true)...

So for u guys in the USA and elsewhere- just check with a chemist about the ingredients.

thanks for a great post!

@@jintycb, very elegant. You look like a jet setter. When you sashay through the airport with your scarf and dark glasses, you should expect first class service!

@@CowgirlJane

What DO you feel like revealing??

@@jintycb

Anusol...

Germoloids...

Too - f**king - funny!!!

I know we can get 'Rectinol' here...

Oh no...

I've just become a 12 year old boy again...

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Germoloids...

Doctor Butt-ler. Teehehehehe

Thank you Inner Surfer Girl. You are a sweetheart. However, the only sashaying that I'm doing at the moment is (wearing wellies and mud splattered jeans) is over hill and down dale (OK in the two beautiful parks adjoining Hampton Court Palace) with three overexcited mutts, one who got hold of a dead rabbit from a crow yesterday and WOULD NOT drop it! I did however see the following-yes I know we're on a thread about arse face cream guys but we need a commercial break occasionally!

On the question of the cream, does anyone know what the active ingredient was or maybe still is in certain parts of the world? Could we (if we find out what it is get a consortium together and maybe market it................it's only a thought................ ) Damned Nanny State Do-Gooders. How dare they ban and remove an ingredient in a product that could be of enormous use to certain members of society. Must be a case for interfering in our our human rights or freedom of choice or something along those lines....................

Edited May 5, 201610 yr by jintycb

Love the swans. I am so looking you up whenever I get to England. I would love to tramp up hill and dale with you in Wellies and jeans.

Neck exercises do help with toning the muscle under your chin and in your neck. Not the total problem solver, but it helps. Like everything else, consistency is key. I do them every so often and can feel it the next day.

BTW, you're looking great!!!! Awesome progress!!!