Skin Tightening: Q&A
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Skin Tightening Through Exercise or Weight Lifting?
I am over 55, with poor genes, and a lot of sagging on my body (arms, legs, butt, etc.) I don't want the scars of an arm lift, but I would be agreeable to have a body lift. However I would also like to know, is there anything that can help with sagging aside from surgery? Is it possible to tighten skin through exercise or weight lifting?
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Francy
in Chattanooga, Tn
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Exercise does not tighten skin
While I do recommend regular exercise for general health, it is important to have the right expectations. It does not tighten skin. The degree to which skin shrinks with weight loss is determined by its natural elastic tone, which isn't as good for someone in their 50's as someone in ther 20's for example.
There are some non-surgical technologies which can tighten skin such as Thermage but the effects are not usually dramatic especially after weight loss; again, a matter of appropriate...
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Exercise alone may not be enough to rid excess skin from massive weight loss
Dear Francy,
Given your age and the sagging you described of your arms, legs and buttocks, I think it would be difficult to tighten your skin through exercise and weight lifting.
The arms are one of the more difficult areas to exercise. You would have to exercise your triceps to fill out all that skin on your arms. This would be very difficult. In addition, you would have to exercise your quadriceps and your legs to fill out the excess skin in the inner legs...
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