How to....avoid loose skin after weight loss???
Hi I'm 25 year old and I'm have the sleeve surgery in March. I'm afraid of loose skin but your right al least I will be healthy I'm 242 pounds and people don't believe it when they see me they think it less then that I just always had big breast and big butt my hole life. I use to be 145 3years ago.I gained weight after a emergency surgery double eptiopic pregnancy followed by depression. I have been dealing with high blood pressure for a year now and even though I'm hoping I don't have loose skin I'd rather be healthy and take control of me life and run around with my son who is 4 and is the only baby I can have since my tubes are gone after my emergency surgery. So who cares about the skin I want to live to see my son grow up and be able to be fully active with him.
on 3/30/11 1:54 pm - CA
I'm 19 and I am planning on having Gastric Bypass within a year once I've gone through everything my insurance requires. I'm very worried about having loose skin post surgery and i'm hoping to find out as much as I can within the next 9ish months before surgery, to prevent this. I'm only 19 and I want to know whats its like to have a nice body for once.. I dont want to go from having a fat unattractive body, to a skinny unattractive body. I'm going to try anything and everything and hopefully I will not have to turn to more surgeries. I also have another question that might be weird..Im a DD and i'm worried that not only I will end up losing all my boobs, but left with loose skin in place of them :/ any thoughts on that?
you can't UNGROW skin that has grown.....exercise or not, it's there until it's chopped off.
Here's my glamor shots:
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/rny/4363680/EXCESS-SKIN-af ter-losing-200-pounds/
~Lady Lithia~ 200 lbs lost!
March 9, 2011 - Coccygectomy!
I chased my dreams, and my dreams, they caught me!
At 19 you have the advantage of age.... but a lot of it depends on how MUCH excess weight you have and WHERE you carry it. YOU might get lucky, and you might not
In the end though, you already have the skin, so the question is do you want it filled with fat or hanging loose....whcih one is the better scenario
Here's my skin post:
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/rny/4363680/EXCESS-SKIN-af ter-losing-200-pounds/
~Lady Lithia~ 200 lbs lost!
March 9, 2011 - Coccygectomy!
I chased my dreams, and my dreams, they caught me!
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we will walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over again the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. -- Thoreau 
My wife is 65, will be having RNY this summer, expects to lose 100+ lbs., and already has some problems with irritation under some skin folds.
We also posted this as a response to the original post, so please excuse the double entry.
Flax seed oil in liquid form to tighten skin cells
soaking in epson salt baths she suggested Dr. Teals Bath Salts (walmart)
exfoliating at least 3 times a week so new skin can grow
and Palmers Lotion that pregnant women use for stretch marks
my doctors told me exercise of course and the most magical skin tightener is Water cuz it has something to do with skin cells i honestly dont remember just loads and loads of Water!
idk yet since im only 3 days out but i have 300lbs to go and will try anything i can! ^_^
