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?
Can I ask you what diet pills you used? I only need to lose 20 lbs. so I”m not too worried about losing the weight too quickly.
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.
hi ill like to help you, what you can do is, run everyday so you can burn the fat i know your not fat but sometimes some parts of your body retains fat like on mens some of them they are not fat but, they have man bubs lol same way you might not be fat but your main concentration is in your belly dont worry its easy to get rid off if you fallow a high in protein diet and do cardio like running even walking! or just jogging and do abs work out and be patient thats the key and go easy on yourself ull see the progress hope i help and good luck i know you can do it:)
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 :)
I have recently lost over 200lbs in just under 2yrs I went from being 349lbs to 128lbs. I have some loose skin still but most people don’t even recognize me anymore…working out and keeping with it and treating your skin right is key. Moisturize and scrub daily I’ve been told (for substantial weightloss 100lbs or more) that once you stabilize it can take up to 2years for your skin to go back to normal also i’ve gone to gnc those guys helped me with some supplements to increase skin elasticity best of luck to all :)
They do have the hanging skin, that’s why they stop taking their shirts off after a couple of weeks. One of the contestants was on a news program showing her before and after skin tightening surgery.
that was really wierd and embarassing you should not have posted a picture of a girl with her boobs hanging out of her shirt guys read this blog too
It is true. Guys have worse guts than chicks.
Chicks are hot, guys mostly are not. So, we can have just as bad or worse self-esteme issues than girls.
Question: How can we tell if the weight in our stomach is A:> Skin B:> Water C:> Fat D:> Muscle.
I agree, its not cool when i have my daughter on my lap and all you see at first is boobs.
And it probably makes everyone feel ashamed or embarrassed because were here trying to figure out how to fix our bodies and theres a girl with not 1 flaw… BRAVO asses!
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 always put organic virgin coconut oil on my face. I lost 55 pounds in 4.5 months (no surgery) and I have no problem with loose skin on my face.As a matter of fact everyone always thinks I am a teenage mother of 3. (I am 29) I should have put the oil on the rest of my body. I have started putting it on my stomach and doing exercises and am seeing some result. Coconut helps elasticity in skin.
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???
Hyaluronic Acid …I am 52 and you should give this a try. Have lost over 30 pounds in short amount of time and this will tighten up skin as well as lubricate joints. Vitacost.com best prices
hey i used to weigh 315lbs and now i weigh 225 i have loose skin but what really bothers me is that i have a lot of loose skin on my chest area, do you have any suggestions on how i can get rid of it because its reakky annoying.
Hello
I have folds on my back. I never have been a big girl. I had lipo done on my belly and stomach because after a certain age it is very difficult to get rid off. The surgeon told me not to do lipo on the back as it is very painful and was not worth it. He told me to do this with exercixe. I am quite a sporive person. Which exercices would be good to get rid of skinfolds on the back?
Hi Renata,
Well I guess exercise is the answer then. Do you go to a gym to workout or do it at home. If it’s a gym, ask an instructor there to show you back specific exercises. Also, google back exercises. You will find tons and tons of helpful links. Here’s are two that I found
http://exercise.lovetoknow.com/Back_Fat_Exercises
http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/diet-fitness/back-beauty-3-exercises-great-back.html
Hope these helped! :)
hey im 21…i have a loose body from beginning…..can u give me suggestion how to tighten it up???
Hi Sakshi,
Work out and eat healthy. That should help you tone up.
Believe it or not detoxing. Using some heat source whether it be from a show, jacuzzi, or sauna, you can follow it with a blast of moderately cool water to close the pores on the skin…tightening it up and maintaining its moisture.
Hey Beth,
Cool water and ice are great for pores. That’s what my beautician tells me anyway. Thanks for stopping by! :)
Hey my name’s Eric and I used to weigh a little over 320 and in about a year or so i’m now down to 174…i’m 5′7 and because of the weight that I lost in the Time I did, I now have loss skin in the chest and stomach…what should I do?
i have a question…i’m 235 lbs but its all just loose flappy skin if i got rid of it i would probably drop the pounds but heres the Q: how can i lose it by summer? i want a bikini body because i’ve never had one and when i did my mom stuck me in one peices. i’m fourteen havee a medium figure but you can’t tell because of the skin hiding it. if any one can please help me out!!!thankyou. if you have any suggestions for me my email is shelby.steiner15@yahoo.com.thankyou
Hello! I started my weight loss journey on 11/10/09 at 247 and as of today I have lost a total of 25 lbs, leaving me at 222. I plan to get down to 162 by July. is that too fast to lose weight?? it’s a total of 85 lbs.. my stomach already sagged a little before I started losing weight but I hope it shirnks up as I go along… I’m 21.. please help!!
Hey Kayla,
Just wondering what exactly you’re doing to lose weight? Considering you started in Nov and it’s been about 7 weeks and an ideal weightloss is about 2 lbs a week, yes you are going a little fast. Remember to keep it healthy. You don’t wanna hurt yourself in the process :)
Thank you for replying!! My doctor said it is very important that I lose the weight for my age and height I’m at a severe risk for major health problems. I had my gallbladder removed almost 3 yrs ago, and my doctor put me on phentermine. I’m down to 214 1/2 as of today. It’s trained me when to eat, and the right portions, it is technically a “diet pill” because it controls appetite, but as long as I eat the same way I am now eating I shouldn’t gain the weight back. Haven’t had a coke or anything greesy/fried since nov. 10th lol. and honestly don’t miss it. I’m trying to lose 8-10 lbs at least a month. my stomach area is where my problem is.. it was already hanging over (kind of like a guys =( I know..) but I have noticed it’s pulling up some…but im not sure what to do to give it a better chance to shrink back in. what would you suggest??
as far as the theory on fat still under the loose skin check this out may help? http://www.bodyfatguide.com/LooseSkin.htm
I have really deep stretchmarks and saggy skin on my tummy. Wat can I do to fix this :( I miss my 2 piece bathing suit
Hey Julie,
Thats so great! Kudos to you for sticking to it and achieving what you have. Thanks for sharing those pointers. And Happy Holidays! =)
Hey Jenmonsi,
I have read that in couple of places myself. Just never heard of someone who has tried it and who it’s worked for. So thanks for sharing! :)
Btw, 55 pounds in 4 and a half months is kind of insane! Did you fall ill? Or were extreme measures involved?
Hey kayla,
I’m glad you’re referring to your doctor to help you with your weight-loss. He’ll definitely be able to help you with your goals with a professional opinion. As for your tummy, i’d suggest lots of cardio to help you there. If you can run (the real thing is what i’d suggest, but the treadmill is as good), nothing like it. Else, atleast walk for long stretches every day.
Thank you sheila! I’m still working my way up to jogging, but I would like to be able to run 2-3 miles straight by July. hehe
Hey Kayla,
that’s not a bad plan – to start off slow if right now you’re not able to get up to running directly. Best of luck hun.