Loose Skin After Weight Loss
asked 1 year ago by 4730anon in Houston
Latest answer by Aaron Stone, MD
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Tags: age 18-24, female, weight loss
I'm a 22 year old female. At about the age of 20, I lost around 110 pounds. I went from 230 to 120, which is about where I am right now. I have loose skin on my underarms, breasts, and stomach. However, it's not so loose that it sags and hangs; it's just a little loose and bothers me. I work out and have good muscles on my arms and abs, but the loose skin is still there. My question is should I even bother spending thousands of dollars to remove this skin, or is there something else I can do?
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Removing excess skin after weight loss
It sounds like you are reticent to have any surgery. Being in your 20s you will get more skin shrinkage after weight loss than if you were in your 40s or 50s. However that shrinkage should be maximal at about 6 months after the plateau in weight was achieved. After that you likely will not get more skin shrinkage. With that amount of weight loss it is unlikely that any non-surgical modalities will be able to deliver significant additional skin shrinkage. The standard body contouring...
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Aaron Stone, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon