Damn it, 3 1/2 years...110lbs lost and now...

[Xavier_Jones]

I went from 305 when I was 18 to 195 now at 21 1/2. Been doing cardio for the last month on an empty stomach and I tipped the scales at 195 (been stuck at 210/205 for months.) I'm fucking pathetic looking.

My upper body has grown a ton, I have stretch marks all over my back, biceps, traps, upper pecs...but my lower body looks like a flat tire. I got a ton of extra skin and shit wtf. I'm 6'5/6'6" and my waist is at 40" and my chest at 43".... I can seriously pull 5" of loose skin from my gut and I got a hanging ass...

Anyone know how to cure this shit? No way in hell I can afford surgury or anything... Fucking pathetic, all this work and I look like my lower body is a 90 year old woman.

Anyhow...I'll go drink a bottle of patron and drown in my shitty ass genetics.

 

[odoyal rulez]

look man..first off quit being a douchebag. You lost over a 100 pounds, the natural way...the HARD WAY...how many other people can say that? Does the loose skin suck? Hell yeah, but youre young...it will tighten up..its just takes time..it wont tighten up a whole lot and you probably will end up needing surgery..but you'll be able to afford it in the years to come..in the meantime keep doing what your doing...bulk up and put on some muscle, and let other people think what they want.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Agreed ^^^

For sure, start putting on some muscle.

Fill out your skin the right way... get swole.

And congratz on the huge accomplishment man, you've come a long way!

 

[poysyn]

the skin will eventually start to tighten back up, like they all said above..

however, there are lotions that are supposed to help this (as to what it is, or how effective it truly is i hope someone else can input) but I have heard mixed things about it..

Are you sure you lost majorly bodyfat opposed to muscle? This can cause skin to look even looser than if you just lost a substancial amount of bodyfat. I would highly suggest doing a clean bulk to add some muscle as changing your body composition is the single best thing you can do as a natural attack against the skin.

Congrats on the weight loss, you overcame what many people cannot. At least be happy that you may have added many years on to your life as a result of your dieting.

Start to add muscle and let nature take its course is my advice..

 

[Rabid_Goose]

I'm going to look around after I get off work tonight for what lotions to buy to help reduce excess skin. Congrats on losing all that weight, I'm working on 75-80 pound loss myself.

My plan to combat excess skin is as they said, lotion and a clean bulk. I'm going to try my damdest to keep as much LBM as I can, each work out is as intense as I can make it and I eat completley clean every meal cept 2. Once I get to a respectable BF% I am going to clean bulk for awhile to fill out the skin. I figured with enough Compound Leg Lifts and stuff my abs will stick out a bit further.

Everytime you take a turn in life, there is another one to take. Just keep going man, don't let it stop you. Clean bulk!

 

[drbermant]

I went from 305 when I was 18 to 195 now at 21 1/2. Been doing cardio for the last month on an empty stomach and I tipped the scales at 195 (been stuck at 210/205 for months.) I'm fucking pathetic looking.

My upper body has grown a ton, I have stretch marks all over my back, biceps, traps, upper pecs...but my lower body looks like a flat tire. I got a ton of extra skin and shit wtf. I'm 6'5/6'6" and my waist is at 40" and my chest at 43".... I can seriously pull 5" of loose skin from my gut and I got a hanging ass...

Anyone know how to cure this shit? No way in hell I can afford surgury or anything... Fucking pathetic, all this work and I look like my lower body is a 90 year old woman.

Anyhow...I'll go drink a bottle of patron and drown in my shitty ass genetics.

Congratulations on your weight loss! Doesn't it feel much better with all of that weight off of you?

After massive weight loss, loose skin compensates only so far. It is not just an issue of residual fat, but also the nature of the skin itself. Stretched out skin can actually have broken structure such as stretch marks. How much the skin shrinks varies from person to person. When there are no stretch marks, skin may be better able to shrink as there may be less internal damage.

Loose hanging skin after massive weight loss can really distort the look of the body. Check out that link and move your cursor over the smaller images and check out the change in this woman's look when the skin is pulled up.

Getting to a weight / body fat before considering any surgery is important. Weight loss is a coarse tool. You cannot pick where the fat comes from or goes back onto. Surgery is better reserved as a refinement tool. If planning to lose weight after surgery, what makes you think that the skin will shrink? If it is going to shrink, it is better to get to a weight you are happy with before surgery. Then surgery can refine what does not happen naturally.

Be careful about topical treatments for skin tightening, creams and lotions just do not have a good track record. In before after images, watch out for changes in lighting techniques which can hide the problem better than the supposed treatment.

Filling loose skin with bulk muscle can help and that is why the chest and upper arms / shoulder tend to be less loose in body builders than their stomach. Bigger back muscles can tighten the upper stomach to a slght degree, but tight abs just do little for loose skin.

After weight loss, the skin can take some time to adjust further. Depending on many factors, this further adjustment can take 6 to 18 months. As long as the skin is shrinking and improving, hold off any consideration for body contouring surgery. Being patient can help, but does stress the mind for some. Body Contouring Clothing after Weight Loss can act as an emotional bandaid, stabilizing loose tissues. I have seen some amazing expressions on patients' faces when putting on a compression garment for the first time. With time the problem can evolve for some. Others find that the clothing alone is an alternative to surgery. However, when the garment is off, the loose tissues remain.

Surgery after massive weight loss can take many forms. Tummy Tuck Abdominoplasty addresses the stomach and flanks. Others need a more extensive Lower Body Lift Surgery that addresses sagging tissues of the stomach, thighs, buttocks, and legs. Others need female breast lift or male chest lift surgery.

Hope this helps,

Michael Bermant, MD
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