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 Ft Rucker, AL Member Since: 01/27/09 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 1/29/10 5:21 am I thought I would start out in this forum. I am 48 almost 49, had wls surgery last Nov and have lost aobut 50 lbs. So, my face has lost lots of fat, I see the wrinkles, the folds around my nose and mouth and lets not talk about the texture of my skin!! I would like to know if this will improve or will drastic measures be in my future? I will live each day in the mindful present HW 208/SW 197/CW 115/1st GW 130/2nd GW 120/3rd goal 115/New GW ??/HT 5'2" NO MORE WEIGHT GOALS |
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 Langley, WA Member Since: 09/17/08 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 2/6/10 8:47 pm Even though I see the wrinkles more, I look 10 years younger than I did at my highest weight (well, when I'm at my lowest anyway). I've promised myself a facelift for my 50th birthday :-)  Tammy Lee   |
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 San Antonio, TX Member Since: 02/10/10 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 2/12/10 9:52 pm I'm down a little over 100#s in a year. I had always been mistaken for 10-15 years younger than I am. I still get told I don't look my age (just turned 40 last summer), but it's not as dramatic a difference. Luckily my skin is still fairly tight (thanks Mom for the genes!). My wrinkles way more evident now - which makes sense since there isn't as much fat behind them to plum them out. My main issues is that I now have dark circles under my eyes and they are always puffy. Everyone at work always says how tired I look and ask if I am sick. (I am niether..) I have been using some Olay stuff that is 2 parts. One goes under the eye and the other on the lid. It has helped a tiny bit on the wrinkles. For the puffiness I bought one of those roller stick things. It works about 20% of the time lol (sorry for the lack of correct names - I'm not real girly and not a regular user of makeup or 'products'... this is the first time I've ever had to put stuff on my face :( ) RNY - 12/10/2008 Dr. Terive Duperier of BMI of Texas Lower Body Lift / Breast Lift - 07/20/2011 Dr Peter Fisher of San Antonio Plastic Surgery Center  |
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 Member Since: 04/19/10 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 9/4/10 1:32 pm Try a good concealer for around the eyes. I use Cover Girl its in a stick form. No more tired eyes |
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 Member Since: 10/26/03 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 2/17/10 3:30 pm I think my first post on this board was similar. I'm not wrinkled but I have a general sagginess in the center of my face. I have "brackets" around my nose and mouth now. My face has gone from a full oval to long and thin. Then there is the turkey neck, lol. Wl has aged me at least ten years in six months. I hate that. However, I'm at my teen weight and twenty or so pounds from my ideal weight. What a trade off. Sooooo, I style my hair differently to minimize the 'old shrew' look. And, I'm searching to find that right skin tightening formula in cosmetic items. A plastic surgeon gave me a quick evaluation at one of the OH conferences this fall. He insists the skin will tighten within a year to eighteen months after I hit my botton weight. He would not reccomend I do anything before giving the skin that amount of time to adjust. I sure hope he is right.  MSW RNY: Eat sensibly & enjoy moderation Link Overeaters Anonymous Keep Coming Back, One Day At a Time Link Are you a compulsive eater? for help Link OA meets on-line  STILL L V'N RNY BECAUSE RNY WORKS |
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 Indian Trail, NC Member Since: 07/16/08 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 2/26/10 9:22 am I am with you... I sooo hope the skin does tighten some.... I so dislike seeing the lines, it gets me a bit discouraged sometimes I mean...thin is great...but now I have to look lots older? I am really hoping it does tighten and if not... I have started the "skin" fund.... very small atm but will be building :) And had planned on waiting till hit goal weight before surgery so we will see if still and issue and still matters to me at that point. I am a work in progress...perhaps never completed or never perfected; but forever working to change for the better... ~Swoosh    |
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 San Angelo, TX Member Since: 10/30/09 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/7/10 8:23 pm must be a women thing, I just look 10 years younger, sorry can't help   |
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 Concord, CA Member Since: 12/09/08 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 5/11/10 6:44 am I am 18 months out and was very concerned how hollow I looked. I also have the turkey neck. my weight has been stable for 9 months and I have either noticed my face "filling in" or gotten use to the look. (Who is that guy in the mirror syndrome?) friends and family do comment that for a while I was looking hollow and that now I look better. of course I have noticed the same thing regarding loose skin all around. it is part of the process. that being said, the thing that drives me nuts is the turkey neck. I really focus on that. I am giving it a full 2 years before I start entertaining plastic surgery. I am somewhat conflicted because for the amount of money they want to fix it I could do so many other things, maybe even pay the mortgage a couple of times. Seriously, it seems so vain for myself, and yet I know I have worked really hard to get to where I am and the process is incomplete to say the least. I still have time, and if the money was sitting in the bank I would probably get over the vanity thing fairly quick. :) http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wNXaGtR/"> |
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 Pompano Beach, FL Member Since: 06/30/10 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 10/28/11 4:27 pm Congrats on your loss! I too suffer from turkey neck (though I call it my gobbler). I have the deepening creases around my mouth/nose too, but the neck is what realllly gets me. I figure as hard as we've worked we're entitled to a little vanity ;0) "Life is not easy for everyone. But life can be beautiful even when it is not so easy." Olga Bowman, "Four Seasons Lodge"  |
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 Surrey, Canada Member Since: 10/06/07 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 11/4/10 7:35 pm I too, feel like I look years older!!! More lines and wrinkles, but my worse area is my neck!!! I'm using tighener cream on it but I don't see any improvments :((   |
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