Category Archives: Loose Skin Problems

Will losing abdominal fat cause loose skin problems? Well, there are some points to keep in mind before losing a lot of weight when it comes to getting rid of excess skin. 1. Skin is a very elastic tissue and expands and contracts to cover the body. Rapid weight loss (as in pregnancy) causes loose skin. However as we are going slowly and steadily giving time for skin to contract, there should not be any sagging skin, but individual skin conditions vary. Some people may exhibit stretch marks after fat loss. However the marks will become faint over a period of time, as the skin firms up. 2. Elasticity of skin tends to decrease with age. Wrinkling and loss of elasticity is partly the consequence of aging (genetic factors) and also a result of environmental factors such as excessive sun exposure and nutritional deficiency. 3. How much your skin will return to its former tautness therefore, depends partly on age. The older you get, the more an extremely large weight loss can leave loose skin that will not return to normal. 4. How long someone carries extra weight has a lot to do with how much the skin will become taut after the weight loss: For example, compare a 9 month pregnancy with 9 years carrying 100 excess pounds. 5. How much weight was carried has a lot to do with how much the skin will resume a tight appearance. Your skin can only be stretched so much and be expected to “snap back” one hundred percent. 6. How fast the weight was gained also has a lot to do with how much the skin will resume a tight appearance. Your skin can only be stretched so quickly and be expected to “snap back.” 7. How fast weight is lost … Continue reading →

Abdominal fat makes the region it covers grow with extra skin. Naturally when you lose some of the fat, the skin may get loose. This is a great concern for women because they are vulnerable to this problem due to pregnancy, among other things. It creates a great concern among women who recently underwent an operation in the abdominal region. Due to the operation, they become less active and do less work, giving a chance for the fat to accumulate in the region. How can you manage loose skin after rapid weight loss? These days, we might check the internet web sites for help. Some web sites recommend a machine for reducing the fat level in the abs region. As soon as we read the ads we might jump to a conclusion to buy any machine that attracts us. It is natural isn’t it? Ok, then we presume to use it with a fond hope of shedding the extra fat that made us looking not so acceptable at our work place. But we never felt it essential to discus about the after use effects. So, even though we feel happy about shedding fat, simultaneously we get this loose skin problem. It is a concern, but we need not worry about that. The contours created by the fat now have to be removed. “How” is the million dollar question threatening us? Because we are not ready to look like an old monk walking with a sagging belly, we have to, once again, search for internet help. But we can overcome the loose skin problem by doing some simple exercises early in the morning and perhaps in the evening. The skin will return to the normal state after some time. It will get tighter as days roll on. If you still have … Continue reading →