Seaweed body wraps? Do they really help with loose skin?
If they do, let me know, and I will slather myself in it like the Creature from the Black Lagoon because I have enough loose skin to sail a sailboat with.
_Heather_
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Il faut souffrir pour être belle
"When I get sad, I stop being sad, and be AWESOME instead. True story." -Barney Stinson/Neil Patrick Harris
Mama to Aleksandar J.B., 11.26.11 <3 Now I know what true love REALLY is! <3
Height 5' 5". Start point 254. DH's goal: 154. My guess: 144. Insurance goal: 134. Currently bouncing around 130-135. 
I'm really skeptical. I don't see how it could work.
When we are very overweight, we grow extra skin to cover our extra big bodies. We grow skin. Once you grow skin, there is no way to ungrow it. At least, that's what my surgeon told me, and it makes sense to me. How could skin just disappear? It's not a matter of our skin just stretching. Skin does stretch some, that's why we get stretch marks. But that's if we just gain a little weight. Gain 100 pounds or 200 pounds, and that skin did not just stretch. You had to grow more skin.
So if skin has just stretched a little, maybe you can do stuff to tighten it up. Maybe a body wrap would do that. But how could a body wrap ungrow skin? That doesn't make sense to me.
Kelly
When we are very overweight, we grow extra skin to cover our extra big bodies. We grow skin. Once you grow skin, there is no way to ungrow it. At least, that's what my surgeon told me, and it makes sense to me. How could skin just disappear? It's not a matter of our skin just stretching. Skin does stretch some, that's why we get stretch marks. But that's if we just gain a little weight. Gain 100 pounds or 200 pounds, and that skin did not just stretch. You had to grow more skin.
So if skin has just stretched a little, maybe you can do stuff to tighten it up. Maybe a body wrap would do that. But how could a body wrap ungrow skin? That doesn't make sense to me.
Kelly
Haven't seen you on the boards in a while--you are looking fantastic!!
I had one of those toning wraps once--I felt real good but I don't think it eliminated the loose skin. I think exercise is really the only way to tone the body and what is hanging can be toned to a certain extent. Removal is the only real alternative.
I had a breast reduction yesterday and for someone that had that, I feel pretty decent. The chest hurts and I put ice on it like instructed and took a pain pill and slept on my recliner last night. I am going to find out how much he took off this morning.
I had one of those toning wraps once--I felt real good but I don't think it eliminated the loose skin. I think exercise is really the only way to tone the body and what is hanging can be toned to a certain extent. Removal is the only real alternative.
I had a breast reduction yesterday and for someone that had that, I feel pretty decent. The chest hurts and I put ice on it like instructed and took a pain pill and slept on my recliner last night. I am going to find out how much he took off this morning.
HW: 407 SW: 386 CW: 202
RNY Surgery Date: 7-9-08
Dr. Manfred Chaing, Bariatric Institute of WI
RNY Surgery Date: 7-9-08
Dr. Manfred Chaing, Bariatric Institute of WI
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