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Can I Tighten my Loose Abdominal Skin Without Surgery? (photo)
I am 18 years old, and about a year ago I lost 75 pounds in 9 months. I have a bit of loose skin around my ab area but it doesn't seem to be too severe. I work out a lot and my abs seem to have improved. Do I need plastic surgery to tighten the skin or can I do it naturally with exercise and skin creams?
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Iris New
in New Lenox, Illinois
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Loose abdominal skin after weight loss.
Thank you for your question Iris. First of all, congratulations on losing 75 pounds. Exercise will certainly improve the abdominal muscles but unfortunately will not tighten your skin. Skin creams will also not tighten the skin (despite what all those T.V. ads claim). It does appear from your photograph that your skin looks good in the upper abdomen but there does appear to be a slight excess in the lower abdomen. If this is the case then you may be a candidate for a...
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Loose skin after weight loss
Congratulations on losing 75 lbs and thank you for your question. You are 18 and because you have young, healthy skin, much of it has snapped back. Skin creams will not tighten it any further and would likely be a waste of your money. Also, yes, getting some form of a tummy tuck without muscle tightening (because you may have children) would help too but you would have a scar in the lower abdomen. There are some promising technologies on the horizon that use ultrasound,...
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Non surgical skin tightening of Tummy will achieve only 10-20%-Mini Tummy Tuck more effective
You look fabulous and congratulations on your weight loss.
You are blessed to be so young and so fit.
Continue with your exercise and fitness. In the future you may decide to have children so I would NOT do a Mini Tummy Tuck now.
I would not give up on further tightening of your skin at 9 months. You may continue to improve.
Non surgical skin tightening or Tummy Tuck is not terribly effective. Procedures like LuxIR, Thermage, Titan and others do tighten skin but only 10-20%...
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There is no good way to shrink excess skin--it has to be removed surgically.
After weight loss, loose skin is commonly an unwanted side effect. The only way to fix the problem is to surgically remove it. Skin "tightening" technologies do not work.
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Can I Tighten my Loose Abdominal Skin Without Surgery?Answer:
The thing you have in your favor is your age and many times skin in young people can go back with some exercise....but the challenge in the 75 lb. weight loss which is a lot and you should feel great about that...But because of that, you may need a bit of skin tightening...There is only so much exercise can do and creams do not work...
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Excess skin after weight loss
There is no effective alternatives to tummy tuck when skin excess is present after weight loss. Given your very young age, and very good contour and tone, we would discourage surgery at this time and consider future pregnancy, and avoiding scars.
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Excess skin
Excess skin presently requires surgery to remove the excess. There is not an effective alternative creams etc just do not work.
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The Skin is the issue.
Great to have lost the weight but the lower tummy skin looks to be streched . This means it has been damaged and will not return to normal. Unfortunately, exercise will not help the skin quality. Surgery may be an option a some point.
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San Francisco Plastic Surgeon
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Loose Skin After Large Weight Loss can Only be Improved Through Surgery
Hi there-
First of all, you should be very proud of your accomplishment- your weight loss will undoubtedly lead to better health throughout your life.
Unfortunately, there will be no effective and safe option for you to tighten the loose skin you have as a result of the weight loss that does not involve surgery.
My recommendation at this time would be to live with it if you can- especially if you think that pregnancy may be in your future (even if years away). Once your family is...
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Can I Tighten my Loose Abdominal Skin Without Surgery? (photo)
Great accomplishment upon your weight loss. But in person evaluations are always better than internet even with a posted photo. My guess is no you may need a small mini TT scar + Smart lipo.
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Loose skin after weight loss
Loose skin after weight loss cannot be corrected without surgery . lasers.. thermage etc are expensive and only effective for some patients.. you may consider this but they are expensive
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Tighten Abdominal Skin without Surgery
Congratulations on your weight loss. Unfortunately, there aren't any good options for skin tightening without surgery. Although a few external energy devices have been promoted for skin tightening (for example,Thermage) the results are not dramatic or consistent. Keep doing your exercises but they are good for your muscles but will not improve the skin. Creams don't work so save your money.
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Loose Skin
It is difficult to make the decision to do a surgical procedure to get rid of the excess skin at your age, but it may be the only way to improve your abdomen. If your excess is not too severe, and doesn't cause you self-esteem issues, you should probably wait until you have had children if that is in your future plans.
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Loose skin after weight loss
Congrats. You look great. In the long run I think the cheapest and most predictable way to get rid of the skin is with a mini tummy tuck. It sounds a lot more than it really will be. It would leave you with a very short low horizontal scar, like women after a C-section. Recovery should be very quick because there's no muscle work needed. Thermage and Titan are available but probably won't do the trick. Not much risk but the money that you will spend.
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When all that is left is skin
Greast job loosing your weight and improving your core. Unfortunately, I do not think anything but a mini tummy tuck will rid you of your loose skin. Keep up the good work.
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Skin excess
Congratulations on your fitness and health and the fact that you have maintained your fitness for over a year is great. Large volume weight loss typically results in redundant skin, but the ability for the skin to recoil is largely related to both age and genetics. Unfortunately there doesn't appear to be any magic solutions for what you are experiencing, but judging by the limited picture, your skin has adapted well. While a mini tummy tuck would remove some of the...
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How To Get Rid Of Loose Abdominal Skin After Weight Loss
While your own efforts have been directly responsible for your laudable weight loss, there is nothing you can do to improve the residual loose skin. No skin cream or external energy therapy, no matter what is touted, can improve your loose abdominal skin problem. There are no magical non-surgical solutions. Only a tummy tuck can get rid of the loose skin. At your young age this may be too severe of a solution as of yet however.
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Non-Surgical Skin Tightening in an 18 year old
The ability of skin to shrinkwrap after large weight losses depends on a lot of factors including your age, ethnic background/skin type, the speed at which the skin was stretched and extent of stretching, the damage to the skin (? stretch marks) and your pland regarding future pregnancies.
There is NO technique or tool on the market which can tighten loose skin anywhere close to what can be done by a Tummy Tuck surgery. Creams are a total waste of your money - regardless of what the say....
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Tummy Tuck Candidate?
Thank you for the question and picture.
Congratulations on your weight loss; you should be very proud of your accomplishment.
Unfortunately, the loose skin will not improve with further diet, exercise, creams or the multitude of “miracle” technologies that are heavily marketed.
Based on your history and physical exam findings you will likely benefit from tummy tuck surgery at some point. Ideally, this should be done after completing pregnancies...
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