I take whatever I CAN ( I too have a problem swallowing even w chewables )

Try to get multis and vitamin c in no matter what first. The vit c staves off inflammation, infection even tooth loss causing gum disease ! And whatever form ( chewable tablets are my favorite ) it tastes like candy

Also iron is super important for energy - there are chewables of ferric sulfate etc ... NEVER elemental iron our post op bodies wont absorb that.

I take a magnesium chewable too occasionally to stave off muscle cramps. Eating high potassium fruit like bananas or drinking apple cider works like this too.

((())) good luck

I ate just a few slices of turmeric root pan roasted and deglazed w chicken stock.

Still tasted awful ... but most importantly .. it seemed to WORK !!!

As usual Ive been abusing my poor feet walking incessantly in NYC and usually by the end of the day theyre swollen and VERY painful and sensitive including the bottoms which makes it very difficult to drive .

Post turmeric I immediately noticed a difference - just much less sensitivity and pain .

Its only been a few days and Im feeling less and less burning, hypersensitivity ( in a bad way- feeling my way with my toes and feet feels perfectly normally functioning ) .

If this isnt imaginary ( there is such a thing as the placebo effect.... its really effective , even miraculous . I'm used to taking ( and paying outrageous sums for ... ) 400 mg of Gabapentin per day ! supposedly to help reduce the pain and regenerate the nerves in my feet . The turmeric seems to have done better seemingly overnite

Since being back in Manhattan ( well, greater NYC ) Ive been slowly connecting with my actor/bartender/ chef friends ... who are a hard- partying crowd .

I was kind of afraid Id get caught up in that but no ... I guess all these years later my priorities are in a different place .

Gardening ( especially w sweet lil companions , the furry or the children kind ) , sailing , a clean safe home , creative well paid career and finally the world travel Ive always dreamed of are my NOW priorities .

For many years I've been harboring a secret ... the wish to have biological children of my own despite being overaged.

I've had to struggle very hard to rise up economically from literally nothing ... and I missed out on a lot of chances to date n mate especially my intellectual and economic peers . Feeling grossly overweight and unattractive didn't help.

Now Im out of " age range" .

Yeah 29 year olds want to date m but I'm a generation older and cant forget their Mum's struggles with these lazy entitled often ( seriously ) murderous tv game playing basement-dwellers .

I preserved my eggs but need 2 use them soon.

Cant talk about this secret yearning for a baby or even two with ANYONE ... my family would LITERALLY consider me crazy .

I DID take in and foster two illegally dumped over the border tiny babies a few years ago . They were SO beautiful , cuddly, eager to learn and play ... and after a few years their parents came and they were united . My heart broke .

Am I crazy to think that at my age ... with loose skin, bad habits , set in my ways I can mebbe find a mate and have a family ?

Can anyone relate ? Im surely not the only person here who put off " normal " life milestones because they felt unattractive ....unloved ...financially not ready ... isolated

And U don't have " Ozempic face " at all either !

I read a super interesting article ( sorry I suck at posting links unlike Batwingsman - perhaps Ud be kind enuf to message me a step by step tutorial B )( please assume I'm a five year old who has NO CLUE what theyre doing lol ) regarding types of facelifts actually being performed now.

By far the most effective for us massive weight losers ( I lost and keep off 80 lbs myself for 14 years now) sounds like the deep tissue lift which tightens all the underlying facial muscles as well as the skin .

This apparently is very difficult to actually GET according to this popular media article because only a handful of surgeons know how to do it.

Yet so many plastic surgeons CLAIM ( and charge megabux for) this type of surgery when theyre only tightening a muscle or two and otherwise just traditionally pulling the skin ( which alone after two or three facelifts over the years -yes facelifts age out just like boob jobs and liposuction lol)

Because I'm an actor I got my first "facial rejuvenation " a few years ago from an excellent Mexican surgeon many know well on here.

It was supposed to involve face and neck skin tightening also and after a fairly long recovery time the results were OUTSTANDING !

In recent years when I got depressed during and post Covid, my Dad's illness and my struggles w alcohol abuse ... I often let my vitamins, exercise and even eating healthy food go .

I saw my face take a nosedive - puffy wrinkly especially around the mouth area...anyone care to share their experience ?

I find the strongest Retin A both cream and gel and prescription Latisse all help tremendously - when I ( rarely) apply them - I simply hate facial creams and remedies that require nightly application when I'm drowsy lol!

The latisse applied on eyebrows and lashes visibly thickens and lengthens them ( and itches ! ) but thick natural lashes and brows definitely youngify.

I also have ZERO patience w makeup - sunscreen Im meticulous about otherwise makeup free unless working or auditioning )

YES !!! a resounding yes - and the help is ridiculously cheap and great- smelling !

Beautiful soaps creams n gels U would have chosen 2 use anyway but these work exeprionally well to tighten up loose skin, banish wrinkles ... a facelift in a jar essentially .

Before U scoff ( like I did ) rich wimmen pay THOUSANDS of dollars for facial creams ... and they were smart enuf to marry a rich hubby ( unlike me ) ... so Im willing 2 learn!

Anything containing Salycilic acid 2% like Neutrogena's $7.00 Grapefruit scented gentle body scrub significantly helps tighten loose skin cure wrinkles and rejuvenate the face , neck and decolletage ( I hate a wrinkly bosom with a " young" face dont you ? ) and even helps with skin tags , sun spots and so forth ( of course wearing and reapplying sunscreen everywhere the sun reaches - arms , hands back of neck as well as face is essential too ).

Getting out in the sun body - wise also helps a LOT .

Body parts we're ashamed to expose never shrink and get better ... I just let it all hang loose tummy skin underarm bra overhang and all ... funny guys still seem to find me attractive ... and if they dont - well who needs a critical entitled a- hole anyway ?

Hope this helps . Rolling off the loose skin after soaking in a soothing jacuzzi - bath really helps tighten things up too . (((())))