I am 34 years old and having lap band surgery at the end of the month. I am 5' 6" tall and have approximatley 85 pounds to lose and I am relatively athletic. I am really hoping not to have any hanging skin when I reach my goal but after reading many other stories that doesn't seem very realistic. Have any of you heard of any creams and lotions or other things that I could do throught my weight loss journey to reduce the amount of loose skin at the end??? Thanks for any insight you have!!

Hi Kat,

Loose skin is a function of many things, such as speed of weight loss, age, elasticity, but it's mostly a function of genetics. There is nothing you can do to improve or change the amount of loose skin you have; time will take care of skin returning to whatever level it's going to return to.

Working out and otherwise taking good care of yourself during the whole process can improve the *appearance* of your skin, but there's no cream that will do anything about the way your skin fits on your body.