tightening loose skin on stomach

[trukme]

been fat most of my life. lost, gained, wash-rinse-repeat many times. i always dieted without exercise.
im 38 now.
Two years ago, i started working out and have lost and kept off the weight (30 pounds), but the skin around my stomach now hangs like an empty parachute. Increased biceps/quads filled up the excess skin on arms/legs and im pretty happy about everything cept for stomach.
Im very careful with fat intake, drink lots of water, 3 days x cardio and an extensive stomach program 4 days a week. i have a nice six pack, but unforunately the only way to see it is to pull the skin down like a T-shirt.
there is still some fat, tho very little, on stomach. it seems that the more weight i lose on my stomach, the more it hangs and the worse it looks.
is surgery the only answer?
any tips would be much appreciated!

 

[VictorBR]

I have the same problem and I am 26 years old . I have gained and lost 40 pounds , like 5 times during my life .

Even at my age I am thinking surgery . Abdominoplasty , they will remove all excess skin , the problem is the big scar that is leaves , although wearing clothes or even underwear the scar will not appear , it will only be visible when you are naked .

Aside from surgery , you can give it time for the skin to tighten , use HGH , skim firming creams like neutrogena , drink tons of water , and suplement with colagen , vitamin C and vitamin E .

You can also look at titan laser . It is suposed to be EXTREMELY good .

another problem with the surgery is that recovery is suposed to be a PAIN and you can expect 40-60 days without going to the gym


Victor

 

[trukme]

thanks man, I'll try the creams and I'll keep at it. it really sucks that i have the rest of my body lookin good and then i look at my stomach. I really wanna have great abs and im willing to work my ass off for it, but it seems impossible. having a gut would look better than what i have now.
apart from the expense and the recovery time, i still dont really wanna have surgury. still hoping for a way.
thanks and good luck!

 

[OMEGA]

Cardio,
Diet,
Vit E and Aloe Lotions
Sun tanning may help
Yohimbe
Dhea
Cardio

also once you start to build Clean muscle ( not fat) it will not only increase basal metabolic rate but also will have a "redistribution effect" and help give the illusion of SMALLER MID SECTION

 

[thegoodfoods]

I've heard many times that when obese people lose vast amounts of weight and lots of skin is left over the skin will never tighten back up... the only way is surgery. Your situation may be different, but when skin is stretched over a long period of time it will never skrink back

Sorry of i brought you down

 

[VictorBR]

thanks man, I'll try the creams and I'll keep at it. it really sucks that i have the rest of my body lookin good and then i look at my stomach. I really wanna have great abs and im willing to work my ass off for it, but it seems impossible. having a gut would look better than what i have now.
apart from the expense and the recovery time, i still dont really wanna have surgury. still hoping for a way.
thanks and good luck!

no problem bro , I know it sucks so much . All the hard work and still abs doesn't look good . My case is even worse as I have BIG stretch marks all over my abs ( lower abs ) and love handles . I am gonna try titan laser first , if it tightens the skin , I am gonna make a tatoo to cover the stretch marks ( at least most of it ) . IF titan laser doesn't help . I am gonna have to think about surgery , the good thing for me is that I kill 2 problems at once , all excess skin and stretch marks go away .


Victor

 

[VictorBR]

I've heard many times that when obese people lose vast amounts of weight and lots of skin is left over the skin will never tighten back up... the only way is surgery. Your situation may be different, but when skin is stretched over a long period of time it will never skrink back

Sorry of i brought you down

>> It DEPENDS on a lot of factors .

1- Genes ( skin elasticity and it's capacity to adapt to a new body is really a matter of genes )

2- Age

3- How much weight was lost

4- How FAST the weight was lost ( slowly = good , fast = bad )

5- Lifestyle ( no drink = good , no smoke = good , the other way around = bad )

6-water intake

7- sleep quality

And tons of other things . He may need surgery or he may not . Only time will tell . In my case it is easy to tell the skin was STRETCHED BEYOND it's capacity due to the stretch marks . So , I will probably need surgery unless TITAN LASER can do miracles .


Victor

 

[VictorBR]

Cardio,
Diet,
Vit E and Aloe Lotions
Sun tanning may help
Yohimbe
Dhea
Cardio

also once you start to build Clean muscle ( not fat) it will not only increase basal metabolic rate but also will have a "redistribution effect" and help give the illusion of SMALLER MID SECTION

>>> Actually the more you diet and do cardio , the worse it looks . the more FAT you lose the worse it looks . BUT , IMO I prefer to have excess skin THAN excess FAT , so I just keep dieting . IMO excess FAT LOOKS WORSE . But doing cardio and diet only makes you lose fat and makes your skin look even more loose .

The one thing that REALLY HELPS is have an EXTREMELY developed ABS . The muscles will fill in the gap that was previously filled by FAT . Althought in some cases , the excess skin is so much that it doesn't solve the problem


Victor

 

[OMEGA]

Victor Sir
being a previuos fat person my self

Nothing was able to get rid of loos skin faster than True Muscle being built with Cardio

not sure if we disgaree on ths matter

 

[VictorBR]

I don't understand when you say , " true muscle being built with cardio "

In my head cardio doesn't build muscle , it's main goal is to help you LOSE FAT ? Am I correct ?

that is why I said , cardio + diet , makes you LOSE FAT , and the MORE FAT you lose , the WORSE it looks ( the skin I mean , it is gonna look even more loose unless you build TONS of MUSCLE , but that would be by working out your ABS for HYPERTROPHY )

Victor