Post weight loss saggy skin?

calijessey

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Hello,
So I hope I'm posting this in the right place, I haven't been on a message board in years! haha

I'm having MAJOR issues with post weight loss saggy skin and was wondering if anyone had any; advise, lotions, pills, home remedies and such, to get rid of it?

When I was 18, I was at 350lbs and made the choice to lose it, I'm almost 21 now and since than I've lost 175lbs! I did it by eating right, eating little and exercising my a$$ off!!! haha I've pretty much lived at the gym the past years, but lifting weights and cardio has done nothing for my skin... I struggle with the aftermaths of being that big everyday, it's almost as scarring as being that big again, especially when it comes to summer time, swimming and intimacy. :[
What really sucks is that from all the exercise, my muscles set up, especially in my abdominal area, is great!- BUT You can only set it when I lift the sagging skin out of the way. I would have a fantastic body if all the unneeded skin would just GO AWAY!

I'm looking more along the lines of something I can put into or onto my body to fix the damaged elastin and collegian of my skin, all of it. Surgery is WAYYY to pricey, and even if I had the money, the scars aren't worth it because my skin sags everywhere (stomach, chest, under arms, inner thighs, butt)... it's sucks.

Any help? I'm desperate!!!
xoxo Jessy
 
How long since your weight loss? It can take a few years for the skin to spring back...
 
Is it definitely skin? Not fat?

A friend of mine, Tom Venuto, wrote an article about excess skin recently. You can find it in the link below.
 
A I stated I was 18 at the time and am now 21... so 3 years ago. A lot of it has "sprung back", but now it's seem to just kinda stop. In the past 2 weeks I've lost about 10lbs and even then the skin goes no where.

Thank you for the article, but it honestly didn't help... this why I'm having such problems with this: I've been "eating healthy" and "toning" for YEARS, and nothing has helped my skin. It makes sence though, lifting a weight is only going to help your muscle, not the skin on top of it (just my opinion). But the articles telling me to lose weight slowly so my skin can adjust, clearly don't help-because I've already lost over 100lbs of it.

I just don't know what to do. :[[[
 
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