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Procedures to Tighten Loose Skin from Massive Weight Loss?

I'm a male 23 years old. I was 300 lbs. and now I'm 185 lbs. The problem is I have excess skin just above the penis area and around my stomach. Is there any exercise I can do to get rid of it? I work out a lot. What procedures are available to get rid of this? It’s really upsetting me. Please can you help and tell me how I can tighten this area? Thank you!

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Sit ups and lunges do not significantly tighten the skin after massive weight loss....

Dear Sir: Congratulations on your massive weight loss. You should be commended on significantly improving your health and improving your lifestyle. I have many patients such as you who have lost a significant amount of weight and developed excess skin and fat in the pubic region. Typically, male patients after massive weight loss developed significant fat above the penis and lateral to the penis above the scrotum. When I examined patients, the excess skin and... more

Loose Skin after gastric bypass or massive weight loss

Depending on the areas of excess or loss skin you have, you have several options. 1. Tummy tuck - would provide removal of the skin from the front part of your abdomen and improve the the suprapubic area 2. Lower body lift - would improve the area around your abdomen, lower back, and buttocks region.

Procedures falling massive weight loss

Congratulations on loosing so much weight. That is a tremendous accomplishment. Unfortunately when you loose that much weight your skin never shrinks down. The common areas include the belly, pubic region, buttock, medial thighs, arms, and chest. All the exercise in the world will not get rid of the skin. Even "non-invasive" procedures will not likely give you what you are looking for. With the kind of weight you have lost it is likely you would benefit... more

Procedures to tighten loose skin from massive weight loss

Congratulations on your weight loss. There are no exercises that will tighten the loose skin on the abodomen or mons pubis. However there are many surgical procedures that can address this issue such as tummy tuck or mons reduction surgery.

Surgery after weight loss

Thank you for your question. Congratulations on your weight loss! The best way to get the most precise advice as to the best surgery for your situation would be to meet with a board certified plastic surgeon for examination. It sounds like you have excess skin around your abdominal area and so a tummy tuck or extended tummy tuck (tummy tuck and back lipectomy) may be a good option for you. Visit with surgeons who have experience with weight loss patients and look at their... more

Body Lift or Abdominoplasty After Massive Weight Loss

Congratulations on your impressive weight loss. That takes discipline and determination. The right operation for you should be individualized. No amount of exercise will make the excess skin go away once your weight has been stable for 6 mos. To get the most from your weight loss you will likely need some type of a tummy tuck that removes the apron of skin in the lower abdomen. A surgeon experienced in plastic surgery after weight loss can help you evaluate... more

Congratulations on your weight loss, which is a tremendous achievement. Unfortunately,

Like many patients who come to see me after weight loss, there are still some things that need to be done. Specifically, it addition to excess lower abdominal skin that is addressed by a traditional Abdominoplasty, many patients have excess tissue in the pubic area following massive weight loss. For patients such as yourself, it is not enough to get rid of the excess abdominal skin, and thighten the abdominal muscles, we also have to "lift" the extra skin in the pubic... more

Excess Skin After Massive weight loss.

Exercise will help you to maintain your current weight, or lose more weight, and will help to strengthen your core (abdominal and back) muscles which will tighten your waist and improve your posture. Excess skin after massive weight loss will not shrink. In fact, the skin has lost its elasticity and may stretch out somewhat even after removal of the excess skin as part of a body lift procedure. The best way to treat the problem that you describe is with a body lift procedure.... more

Plastic Surgery for Excess Skin

Sorry, there is no exercise program that will tighten profoundly loose skin. Congratulations on your weight loss, but the loose skin will need to be excised to give you the contour you desire.

Abdominal laxity

Unfortunately, there is no skin tighening that can be performd without surgery to accomplish what you want.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Post massive weight loss tips

Unfortunately, exercise will not tighten skin to extent you need after such weight loss. This skin is irreparably damaged and must be removed either through an abdominoplasty or a circumferential body lift. Costs can range from 6-12 thousand dollars in our region.

Excess Skin After Weight Loss

Congrats on your weight loss ! Excess skin can often be removed from multiple areas at one operation by doing either a lower body lift or an upper body lift. You should be at a stable weight before surgery, and also In the video link below (video at top of page) I talk about insurance coverage and my book for weight loss patients.

The SKIN problem.

People who lose over 100lbs will invariably have excess skin that there body can not deal with and the only recourse is a surgical excision of the skin. This is almost always best handled with a Body Lift procedure. When the body gains weight it does so all over, some areas gain more than others, but there are fat cells under the skin throughout your body. The skin of the body does have some intrinsic elasticity that allows it to retract when one loses a... more

Tightening abdominal and pubic area after weight loss.

You have done everything right: lost weight, and got yourself on a good diet and exercise regiment. The loose skin of your abdomen and pubic area is the skin which was not able to snap back after weight loss. An abdominoplasty will correct the abdomen and pubic skin excess or a lower body lift will correct the tissue excess of your trunk and pubic area to smooth and contour these areas. Your surgeon will suggest what procedure would be best tailored to you after an... more

Jeffrey M. Darrow, MD

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Boston Plastic Surgeon

Lowe Body Lift

Congratulations in your weigh loss. The most frecuent procedure to removed the unwanted skin is the Lower Body Lift. That operation will remove and thighting the skin form the pubic area, inner thigh, Lateral thigh and the bottocks. The varietion of the surgery will vary depending of the case. Than You

Excess skin in the pubic area after weight loss

Meohme, It is actually very common to have a large skin excess around the penis in someone who lost as much weight as you have. There is unfortunately no amount of exercise that you can do to address the excess skin that is left after a massive weight loss. The only way to treat it is to remove it through surgery. We often do this at the time of the tummy tuck, and incorporate the pubic pannus (excess skin) into our abdominal body contouring. Sincerely, Martin... more

Diet and exercise can't fix loose skin

Congratulations on your weight loss! The loose skin you have will not improve with further diet and exercise, but there are certainly surgical procedures that can remove it.

Carmen Kavali, MD

11 reviews

Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

Pubic Reduction surgery after massive weight loss and lap band surgery - body lift

There are many variations of the standard body lift that can be tailored to your particular body habitus. I would advise a pubic reduction surgery that entails liposuction and surgical excision of skin and fat to reduce this excessive tissue.

Body lift after weight loss

Congratulations on losing the weight. Like many post- weight loss patients, the best strategy to help you will be to perform body lift procedures. This involves a circumferential incision around your abdomen and back (inbetween the lower bacl and the buttock area). Thourgh this one incision, you will recieve a buttock lift (with or without additional butt augmentation to prevent buttock flattening), outer thigh lift, and tummy tuck, and pubic lift. You may need other porcedures such as... more

No excercise will get rid of loose skin

Congratulations on your weight loss, and your dedication to working out and staying fit! It is truly an achievement to be proud of. Unfortunately, there is no exercise that will get rid of that loose skin. The areas you mention are very common places for excess skin after massive weight loss. The problem is the skin can only shrink so much, especially if it has been damaged to the degree of having visible stretch marks. If your weight is now stable, you may be a great candidate for body... more

Getting rid of loose skin after weight loss

You have done a fantastic job losing weight and becoming more fit and healthy. While the exercise you are doing is great for maintaining and improving your muscle tone and fitness, it will not do anything for skin. There is no exercise to improve hanging skin. Fortunately, there are lots of choices of surgical procedures to help redrape and tighten your skin. Anyone who was lost 50 pounds or more is likely to have a problem with loose skin. Every part of your body can be affected with loose... more

Can exercise help me get rid of loose skin in the lower abdomen after massive weight loss?

Hi there- You should be congratulated for your efforts and success losing the weight. I'm sure you're frustrated that rather than congratulations you received a bunch of skin... Unfortunately, there is no exercise that will help you get rid of this skin. There is good news, though. Tummy tuck surgery, belt lipectomy, body lift surgery- these are all excellent options for patients like yourself. I would recommend you visit with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and discuss your goals. more

Abdominoplasty with Pubic Lift

Yours is a common problem after losing a large amount of weight. An abdominoplasty will remove the extra skin and tighten the abdominal wall mucles. In your case I would also remove the extra skin and fat from above the pubis so that you would have a smooth tight look to the abdomen and groin.

Removing skin after massive weight loss

First of all, congratulations on losing that amount of weight! Unfortunately, there is no easy way to tighten skin that has been stretched. Depending on the location of the excess skin, and excisional procedure would likely be recommended. Either an abdominal procedure such as a panniculectomy, abdominoplasty or body lift would be indicated. I hope this helps.

Weight lifting and core training will not help for massive weight loss

Congratulations on the weight loss! Weight lifting and core training will help a lot to give you more muscle mass and hence body definition. However, the skin excess is very difficult to get rid off with training. I have seen that happening in moderate weight loss (20 -30 pounds or so ). I would not expect that for 100 pounds weight loss. Hope that helps!

Tightening loose skin after large weight losses

Unfortunately, the loose skin unveiled by a massive weight loss CANNOT be tightened by diet, exercise or any pills or lotions. The ONLY solution is a step-wise surgical tailoring with customized removal of all loose skin. From your description, I think you would benefit from an Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck). It will flatten the tummy and remove the loose skin you are complaining about. To learn everything you may need to read on the topic of post weight loss body reshaping and contouring,... more

Body lift after massive weight loss

If you have significant loose skin after massive weight loss, then you may be a candidate for a body lift. A body lift involves a circumferential incision around your waist to address loose skin of the abdomen, lower back and outer thigh area. This will also help remove any extra skin in the suprapubic area also. Before considering this surgery, you must first decide if you are at a stable weight or if you are planning to lose more weight. The best time to have this type of body contouring... more

Unfortunately, there are no exercises to fix loose skin

Congratulations on your weight loss, and kudos for working out a lot and staying in good shape. Unfortunately, you have a relatively common complaint among patients who have lost a lot of weight, and excess skin can't be made to shrink without removing it surgically. As the body's weight increases, the skin is stretched to accommodate the mass. When you loose the weight, your body uses the excess fat for energy, but the excess skin is not utilized in the same way. The excess skin... more

PostBariatric Plastic Surgery

Massive weight loss patients usually have xs skin that needs removal. As a member of The Society of Bariatric Plastic Surgeons, I know all the newest techniques out there to help you feel better about your body image. Most of these procedures are done in the hospital setting. Once your seen in consultation, we can decide the best procedures for you.

Options after weight loss

Congratulations on your successful weight loss. Unfortunately, there is no exercise to tighten the excess skin following massive weight loss. Usually, my first line of attack with someone with your concerns is a procedure known as a circumferential body lift a.k.a. belt lipectomy. This is essentially 3 procedures in-one: tummy tuck (w/ mons lift), waist/lateral thigh lift, and buttuck lift. This procedure can remove all the excess skin around your entire belt line/waist. more

Body Lift

Most patients who lose over 100 pounds will require some type of lower body contouring procedure in order to treat the redundant skin. Although a tummy tuck can improve the situation, frequently the skin laxity extends around to the back necessitating a lower body lift (also known as a belt lipectomy).

Loose Skin after Massive weight loss

Congrats on loosing the weight! It is a great accomplishment. It can be disappointing that your skin does not respond to exercise like fat and muscle will, but that is where plastic surgery can help. Any of the body contouring procedures can be appropriate after massive weight loss, and choosing the ideal procedure depends on how much excess skin you have, and where it is located. All of these procedures expose the whole abdomen to the surgeon, so tightening the muscles is a welcomed... more

Skin Tightening Following Massive Weight Loss

Congratulations! There are no exercises which will tighten skin. The only means of dealing with excess skin is excision. I agree that in your case, your best result would come from a total body lift. The suprapubic area is a common concern with weight loss patients and does need to be approached differently than with a standard TT.

Extended Tummy Tuck or Lower Body Lift

Hello, Exercise is not really effective for tightening skin. You are looking at a lower body lift or at least an extended tummy tuck. Try to have your weight in a stable range beforehand.

Panniculectomy and Abdominoplasty

You have residual skin, and some left over fat. Additionally, the supporting structures have stretched, resulting in the problem you describe. Of course, I encourage you to continue a healthful diet and exercise. It is likely, however, that you will need surgery to correct the problem. Two procedures that might help are Panniculectomy, which means removal of skin and fat apron; and the other procedure is Abdominoplasty or Tummy Tuck, which is a panniculectomy in attition to tightening the... more

Surgery is the only answer for loose skin

Massive weight loss is a great thing for your health, but not so good for the appearance of your body. It's like you skin just melted and sagged down. There is no exercise that will tighten your skin. Surgery is the only answer. The area of your concern is the lower abdomen and penis area. This area needs to be lifted since it has sagged downward. This surgery is commonly called a 'Tummy Tuck'. It involves making an incision across the lower abdomen from hip to hip. The abdominal skin is... more

Tummy tucks tighten loose skin

Tummy tucks can remove the excess skin and tighten the muscles. You do want to exercise and be in good shape -- but that will not remove the excess skin. Surgery does the excess skin removal.