Loose skin help

marisela10 · October 15, 2009

:angry:Hi, i have lost 57 pds in 3 months, my skin is hanging from arms and inner thighs, does anybody have some tips,exercises that can help me? Please I want to avoid surgery.

openag · October 16, 2009

Exercises can't fix sagging skin. I'm afraid surgery is your only real option.

TxMomof4 · October 16, 2009

My LB doc told me it can take up to a year for your skin to catch up with the weight loss. He also said that the movement from walking helps with sagging. I know that sagging skin is a big downer after loosing weight, but I do know that I am seeing my skin tighten a little.

Hope this helps

Deanna:rolleyes2:

leftover_eidoes · October 18, 2009

hey, Im really worried about this problem too but there are a few things you can do to help this.

Bio Oil, I dont know if its available in america, is used primarily for Pregnant women or those who want to reduce the apperance of scars or uneven skin tone. What it does is it makes the skin more elastic and has some healing properties to it.

There are alot of cheaper creams on the market that have elastin in it. or anything that would be used by those who are pregnant to reduce scars while their bellies are growing as this makes the skin more elastic. It works in reverse too. it will tighten your skin.

Also Flaxseed oil is a good inner body way to tightening and rejuvenating your skin.

Water of coarse helps with the excess skin.

and exfoliating your skin daily works as well.

Unfortunatly exercise only helps to fill out the skin with muscle... although it does send messages to your skin to become more elastic in order to incorporate this new muscle i doubt it will have such an affect with the amount you have lost

Congratulation by the way! thats a fantastic loss!

I would (and am currently) exfoliate every morning (or evening) in the shower, moisturise your skin in the morning and afternoon, take flaxseed oil once or twice a day (the packet says 3 times but i only take it twice) and drink as much Water as you can to hydrate your skin...

Best of luck and once again congrats on your weightloss!

AirKuhl · October 23, 2009

Your skin may or may not shrink over time, it's a function of age and genetics. At 33yo, you still have a good chance that it will shrink some more.

Aside from surgery, the other option is to fill that skin with some muscle so it's not so loose anymore. This works well for upper arms in particular.

ParrotheadCathy · October 23, 2009

My surgeon told me up front that I would probably experience some loose skin but to remember that with a rapid weight loss it's hard not to have that problem. Then he told me if I felt plastic surgery was the only solution for me that I should not pursue such surgery until I'd been at my goal weight for a year because the skin will continue to recover at least some. So I guess patience is a virtue!