When you have lost weight, you will be very excited at your new body. However, when there is good, there seems to always be a bad side. Now that you have lost weight, you have that excess skin that does not want to go away.
The skin is very elastic, just take a look at what a pregnant woman’s skin goes through. For those of you that have come here in order to learn how to tighten up that skin, I am going to give you 15 tips to tighten loose skin after weight loss, so pay close attention.
1. First of all, you should not lose weight quickly …
One of the main reasons as to why people end up with that badly sagging skin is because they shed those pounds too quickly. When you lose more than three pounds each week, it is not healthy at all. It will cause your skin to lose that elasticity faster and make it difficult for it to spring back into shape. Whenever you plan to lose weight, you should plan on losing around two pounds each week. This is not only healthier for your skin, but it is likely for it to stay off longer.
2. Use moisturizer each day …
Moisturizer will add up to seventy percent of moisturizer to your skin. When you are losing weight, it is great to use a moisturizer as it will help to maintain that elasticity as your body is shrinking. Cover your body in heavy moisturizer each night before you go to bed.
3. Moisturize your body each night …
When you apply the moisturizer to your body at night, you may want to wear long sleeves and long pajamas in order to make sure it does not rub off on your sheets. This will also help to hold that moisture in as you sleep at night.
4. Use Loofah or a body scrub that really works …
When you use a body scrub or loofah at least twice a day, you will be helping to tighten up that lose skin that is caused by weight loss.
5. Scrub your skin 3 times a week …
When you scrub away that surface, you will be causing that skin underneath to generate faster.
I’m 29 years old. I have been overweight pretty much my whole life.
My highest weight was 310. I had my gall bladder removed due to gall stones about 4 years or so ago I think it was? The doctor that did my surgery was so concerned about my weight that he sent me to consider gastric bypass surgery. After checking into it and doing an orientation for it, I decided against it.
However, it did open my eyes that I needed to lose weight. Within a few weeks, I started taking some diet pills. I lost a total of 60 lbs over the next year and then quick taking the pills. I started taking them back about a year later and lost another 20 lbs.
I lost a total of 80 lbs and went down to 229 lbs.
I have gained 13 lbs back over the last few months because I’m 8 months pregnant.
I’m not worried about my skin getting stretched out due to my pregnany because I already have so much loose skin from all the previous weight loss! So basically, the baby is just filling out all the skin that’s already still there.
I’m wishing that I had not lost that 80 lbs so quickly. I have no doubt that was one main reason I have so much skin left.
I worry about how bad and saggy it looks. I’m also worried that when I start losing more weight after the baby is born, that it will only get worse.
Following the birth of our baby, I am planning to go back on a diet. But I’m planning to do it right this time. Without any diet pills. I’m going to eat healthy and excersize regularly, every week. Hopefully I will still lose weight but in a healthier way and at a better, slower pace.
I’m hoping this will help prevent anymore loose skin.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a healthy smart way of losing weight and preventing anymore loose skin? And/or how to help tighten the loose skin that I already have after my 80 lbs weight lost?
I am just 15 and I am on a health diet and i have tried to lose weight. I think I’m at a good weight now. But Everytime I eat my stomach looks really big. And when I sit down it rolls up and I look really fat. When I stand up I look hot though… I’ve also been doing alot of crunches and leg lifts (ab exorcizes) and it’s made my stomachlook bigger! My stomach feels really hard when I hit it, but when I sit down i still get the rolls. What am I supposed to do? :( Pleeease help me.
to Haze:
Hmm… Maybe you lost some weight very fast and the skin on your tummy didn’t have time to catch up? If so, it will in a couple of months. Meanwhile, I’d suggest you massage your stomach, moisturize it well (some organic body oil could be great for this) and keep doing crunches.
Thnx I’ll be trying that :)
Hi, I have a question about flabby skin. If the cause of flabby skin is losing the weight quickly then how come the people on the show the Biggest Loser look well. They dont have flabby skin? Whats up with that. I am also looking to loose weight but i am concerned about flabby skin.
to Manny:
I wouldn’t call it losing weight fast – those guys are working their butts off for weeks and weeks… And if you do the same amount of exercise and have a good diet with it, you’ll too lose the weight without getting flabby skin. No worries :)
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thank you so much…is very helpful for me….
I am 18 and lost around seventy five pounds in the past couple of years and even more in the past couple of weekss, I have a very busy schedule consisting of persistant movement. I never stop but i dont have the extra time to do exercises. what could i do
to Ashley:
I know how hard it might be sometimes to find time for exercises, but please try to find about 15 minutes a day and you’ll see a great improvement in a very short time. What I used to do when I didn’t have much time, I’d exercise while watching my fav TV show late at night… Of course it’s not the best time, but it’s better than nothing :)
Good luck to you, dear Ashley!
I have to say that after joining a gym and losing 45 pounds in 7 months,and working out faithfully,there is a drawback with leftover skin.I had the leftover baby fat on my stomach in which had lost the elasticity.There was no way to get that tightned up.I went and had smartlipo done.It really does wonders.You’re not put under the knife.I didn’t even have to take anything.Now don’t confuse liposuction with smartlipo.A big difference between the two.And the down time is minimal.But I do have loose skin on my arms and on the sides under my arms.I was getting a bit confused as to why I can’t get that tightend up.But after reading on here that you have to keep working at it.I know I can get those other smaller areas toned up.
Tara,
Technology is amazing really! I am one of those who wouldn’t want to ever consider surgery in order to alter my looks. But procedures like Smartlipo sound relatively less crazy and not as invasive. Thanks for sharing that! And good luck with the loose skin on your arms :)
hi, i have loose skins of my face. i am drinking lots of water and take diet food regularly but it still there.i am 23 years old but my face looks like 30. i have some wrinkle on my forehead and under eyes. i want to tight and younger skin, please advice me some tips about that.
cheers,
I have sagging skin under my arm from loosing weight–it is bad it sag about 7 inches down i tryed to measure it –i be so ahame when my friend come over he like for me to wear thing have arms he never say anything it me i want it gone so bad–my credit is bad –i am a widow–help please
Hey Johnnie,
Have you tried these tips???