Comments on: loose skin?

By: Merle Gregoria

Merle Gregoria — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:02:59 +0000

Because skin is nothing something you lose. Skin is an organ. It is elastic
and depending on the amount of elasticity left, it will shrink. The longer
you have been overweight the less likely tha the skin has enough elasticity
to shrink all the way. IMagine spandex. If you stretch it out it will
stretch. And then go back to its original shape. However if you keep
stretching it for long periods of time, it eventually won’t return to its
natural shape. It gets mishapen and even if you lose weight, the spandex
won’t shrink with you. That is what it is like with skin.
Denise Rasley
mailto: drasley@…
BTC, Columbus, 10/7/98

By: Ursula Daniel

Ursula Daniel — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:02:35 +0000

The elasticity of the skin is exactly like the elasticity of a rubber
band. If you leave a rubber band wound around a book for three or four
years, it won’t snap back either.
There’s a complex network of proteins and glycoproteins (combined with
sugars) under the skin that give it resilience, and they deteriorate with
age and repeated stressing.
Jane Harper
All sanity depends on this: that it should be a delight to feel heat
strike the skin, a delight to stand upright, knowing the bones are moving
easily under the flesh. — Doris Lessing

By: Ursula Daniel

Ursula Daniel — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 04:57:48 +0000

What I’m reading implies that the more yo-yo dieting you’ve done, the less
likely the skin is to snap back, because it’s been repeatedly
stretched. Also age is absolutely a factor, the collagen in the dermis
starts disappearing at around 40.
Jane Harper
All sanity depends on this: that it should be a delight to feel heat
strike the skin, a delight to stand upright, knowing the bones are moving
easily under the flesh. — Doris Lessing

By: Joesph Tanesha

Joesph Tanesha — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 02:08:49 +0000

Ohhhh the skin! LOL
I am 47. I have lost about 70 lbs….down from 389. I have bat wings. LOL
I’m planning to haul out the dumbells. The rolls between my bra and my waist
in the back are almost gone. That is looking good back there. My ass isn’t
drooping yet and my breasts are ok.
The stomach “apron” is pretty bad, but I knew it would be. I carried most of
my weight in my stomach. At least I have a lap now! LOL I just have to
stick it out till I am near goal then they can chop it off!!!!! It’s going
to be a hell of a lot of skin!!! The top of my legs….hard to say yet. My
thighs are wayyyyyy smaller already and there is more room between my thighs
(blush) for sure!
Kathy

By: major_60

major_60 — Tue, 31 May 2005 19:05:49 +0000

Hi Sherry
I have loose skin. I had it before I even started and suspect I will have
more. I have been doing some reading and have found the key is to combine
aerobic exercise and weight lifting from the beginning. Some people think
you should wait to body build after weight loss but the truth is the way to
combat flab is to do it simultaneously. A lot has to do with how much fat and
how long it has been there and genetics and age and how stretched out the
skin has been etc. Building muscle may not guarantee no flab but it is a
great thing all around and it will help some. Best of luck to you!
Traci RNY 5/310/02 357/280/140