How can I know if I'll have extra skin after weight loss?

[Guy15]

Hi, I'm 15 and around 240 lbs... I don't look overweight because of my height. And I'm ashamed of being that heavy. My goal is to lose at least 40 lbs this year. I'm starting to exercising a lot more than I used to. And I'm eating healthier. But I've always been paranoid of this one thing. I'm worried about having a lot of extra skin left afterwards. I don't have a lot of stretch marks but I'm still worried. I'm only doing this to both feel and look better. But I'm really worried about that one thing. I know you might say surgery. But my family doesn't have that kind of money for things like that. How will I know if I'll have any excess sling left over? And if I can, how can I prevent having any excess skin?

[Anonymous]

You won't have extra skin dude we are the same age and i weigh 291

I'm trying to get at 220 pounds i've been looking up videos.
you only have extra skin if you are older like 29+ you are 15 your body will grow into it and you won't even be able to notice it. plus you dont weigh much you're fine.

if you weighed like 500 pounds itd be different,

[BertMacklinFBI]

if you cut fat too fast you will have extra skin for sure. if you are patient and take it at a good pace then it will be more balanced.

[Anonymous]

For one, you're not really heavy, or overweight :) But if you want to lose a few pounds, I would just stick to what your doing, and not try to diet or go to fast, that would cause you to gain more and have that leftover skin. One way to lessen the skin is to work out, and define the muscles in that region, so that they fill in the skin.

[sjoes006]

You can't but you are young and that isn't so much weight to lose so you should be fine. One thing to keep in mind is to use the skin thing as motivation to keep it off. If you lose/ gain multiple times that does stretch the skin. Best of luck on the healthier you!