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How elastic is skin?

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glutenberg

Golden Member
For the fitness experts and those who've dropped a significant amount of weight:

How well does your skin adapt to your new thinner self? Has anyone had to have surgery to have excess skin removed because of weight loss?
 
After dropping around 100lbs, most of my skin tightened, but I still have some loose stuff that I think I can only get removed for it to look tight. It's the main reason why I wear undershirts now, to give it a more slimming look. I'd also lose a few inches in the waist if it was removed.
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Have you ever watched "Big Medicine: Living Large" on Discovery Health Channel? That show has taught me a lot about gastric bypass.

http://health.discovery.com/co...cine/big-medicine.html
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Well, I'm 6'2 and in high school was very active on the tennis team and tournament play so I was fairly slim. Weighed about 200. College hit and I didn't have much time to play anymore and I gained about 80 pounds. Currently it's been 2 years after college and I'd like to drop my weight down to 190 or so and to get toned but I've wondered if the excess skin that I have would eventually shrink. Oh well, guess we'll find out as the weight drops.
 
Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Have you ever watched "Big Medicine: Living Large" on Discovery Health Channel? That show has taught me a lot about gastric bypass.

http://health.discovery.com/co...cine/big-medicine.html
Click to expand...

Well, I'm 6'2 and in high school was very active on the tennis team and tournament play so I was fairly slim. Weighed about 200. College hit and I didn't have much time to play anymore and I gained about 80 pounds. Currently it's been 2 years after college and I'd like to drop my weight down to 190 or so and to get toned but I've wondered if the excess skin that I have would eventually shrink. Oh well, guess we'll find out as the weight drops.
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Don't lose weight too fast and you should be fine. It's when you have rapid weight loss that you get lots of extra skin. Gastric Bypass causes this kind of issue....as does childbirth.

Set a goal of 1-2 pounds a week.
 
I would agree with the goal of 1-2 lbs per week. This article was posted in another similar thread a while back, I dont know the validity of it, but it does make a good point about loose skin just being pockets of fat that still needs to be lost. Anyway, I am not a doctor, nor do I have loose skin so take the article as you want to.

The Myth of Loose Skin
 
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