Lost lotsa weight, now bugged by loose skin?

Waah. Last year I lost 70 lbs and now, I'm stuck with loose skin particularly on my lower belly. Its embarassing. The stretchmarks are also bad. My skin is lose that I believe my nipples are a bit too low. Is there anything that can help my skin with the lack of firmness and the presence of stretchmarks?

Lost lotsa weight, now bugged by loose skin?
methinks Surgery is the only option,
Reply:Looks like you have managed to loose weight only on the basis of either cardio or diet or both. You need to do some weight training. When you loose wieght you also loose certain amount of muscle which causes loose skin. In order to maintain a firm body you need to build those muscles and grow them. For this you require weight training.
Reply:well done on the weight loss!. i have just loss 56 lb myself,it's hard.my doctor advised me to drink lots water,and swim in order to keep skin supple.he says the only way to remove the excess skin is surgery.i think it is a fairly simple procedure.i dont know of any other way,sorry!
Reply:Poor boy.





I went from a flat, pre-pubescent chest and no hips to an all too well rounded figure with c cups between 6th and 7th grade. You really wanna talk about stretch marks? No one's skin is meant to grow that fast.





If you are young enough the skin will, essentially, shrink. Even in your twenties and thirties. What happened was you lost the weight too fast and your skin couldn't keep up.





The stretch marks will fade. It may take a few years but they will become so vague that only you will notice them.





When I was 13 my breasts were ribbed like frickin' corduroy. Now even I have to actually try to search out the stretch marks.





Skin just takes longer to heal and adjust.





If you are older then you may need surgery to get rid of the extra skin. Past our thirties it just doesn't have the same ability to adapt. If you've tanned a lot or smoked a lot it can also impact your skins ability to heal.





Feel good about the weight you have lost. Feel good about what that has done for your health as well as your self-image. Don't let yourself get all weighed down by skin. If you can't feel good about yourself because of extra skin then the scars you get from surgery will be your new insecurity.

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