Loose skin after weight loss

[Anonymous]

hey guys, so I noticed that people get that loose skin after they lose weight and become "skinny" (i've read somewhere that fast weight loss causes that, but not sure), what I want to know is, does it it apply to everyone? like everyone who loses weight at the end of the road will have that loose skin? or just some people?

[Lamoura]

If you lose weight slowly that shouldn't happen...I lost 100 lbs and my skin is great! So done slowly is best! Here are a few tips I hope will help you...

1-eat five small meals per day starting with a healthy breakfast

2-drink at least 64 oz. of water per day

3-carb cycle..high carb one day-low carb the next

4-exercise..lift weights at least 3 times per day and cadio 2-3 times per week with one day off to rest.

5-have a cheat meal

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[Anonymous]

If the person was really overweight, yes.

If the person was overweight for a long time, yes.

If the person lost the majority of the weight really fast, yes.

If the person lost the weight when they were older, yes.

There are ways to minimize it, but it probably won't ever go away completely without surgery. Some ways: exfoliate and moisturize, drink a lot of water, lose the weight at a slower pace, focus on toning exercises to tone the muscle underneath the skin (this can help some).

[confugirl]

If you lose the weight really fast when starting out obese, that will happen. Not too extreme weight losses can be corrected with toning exercises. If you were really, heavily overweight, then it is possible that your skin will never be able to catch up. Then surgery would be your best bet.

[martyfellow]

MOST people will have that look after rapid weight loss. If you are working out while losing weight, the effect will be less, and some people, maybe thanks to genetics, have skin that rapidly adapts to weight loss and don't have a lot of loose skin.

[Asker]

is that loose skin permanent? or does it eventually adapt to the new body?

[martyfellow]

Most of it will eventually adsorb, conform to the new outline. But working out, gaining muscles under the skin, is very helpful in speeding that process. Some people seem to never lose the exra skin, though, and as you get older that's much more likely.

[Anonymous]

Don't lose weight too fast.

[Enideqa]

Just make sure to lose it slowly, drink plenty of water, you are already young so that help a lot. You said you weigh just over 200, you should be fine, the only way I could see lose skin is if you gained it so rapidly that you have a lot of stretch marks.

[1xadzy3dgSG]

Only if you're really heavy, older, or if you lose it too fast (sometimes). If you lose it the healthy way, you're fairly young, and aren't too big then you shouldn't have a problem with it.

[Asker]

I'm 19 and I weigh slightly over 200lbs

[1xadzy3dgSG]

As long as you don't lose it too fast, you should be fine. I mean, people that are over 350.

[523206720]

Get acupuncture from somebody who was trained out of the country.

[Theguyoverthere]

Try lifting weights to gain muscle tone.