diet and loose skin

[nevertostrong]

Here is a question for you knowledgable ladies,i have a friend that needs help on dieting and getting rid of the loose skin she has on her stomach can someone help me out on a good diet and anyway to help her loose skin,would really love to help her out but not sure on what to tell her on her problem,is there any supplement that would help her out.Thanks anyhelp would be appreciated

[wheyman]

Originally Posted by nevertostrong

Here is a question for you knowledgable ladies,i have a friend that needs help on dieting and getting rid of the loose skin she has on her stomach can someone help me out on a good diet and anyway to help her loose skin,would really love to help her out but not sure on what to tell her on her problem,is there any supplement that would help her out.Thanks anyhelp would be appreciated

I'm not a lady, but I have experienced the same thing with losing a lot of weight. Your friend should continue to keep a clean diet and regular exercise to tighten up as much as possible. If her skin doesn't tighten within a year then it won't regardless of what she does unless she has surgery. The problem is that her skin lost it's elasticity and so it just hangs there.

It's frustrating especially if you are really committed to your diet and workouts b/c you know that your body will never look the way you want to. By the wayk, I'm in no way recommending that she have surgery, I'm just saying that it's probably the only way she will get rid of the skin.

WM

[vigil76]

i dont know how much lose skin loose skin there is-- but she can try rubbing Preparation H on it all day long for about 6 weeks- and see what it does-- many BB do this

[xxxkazxxx]

Originally Posted by wheyman

The problem is that her skin lost it's elasticity and so it just hangs there. WM

When the skin is once, twice, maybe several times stretched to large proportions, the elasticity in the skin breaks down and is unable to bounce back, just as wheyman mentioned. Its the same concept with a balloon. Blow it up and tie it, 3 weeks later let the air out, it will somewhat shrink back, but it dosnt shrink back the same & never will. And the larger and longer the balloon is blown up, the less likely it is to return to size. The elasticity deminishes to a point of no return. In small cases alot of muscle toning can help tighten the skin, but in large cases, people who lose alot of weight really fast & especially women who's stomachs are stretched over and over with several pregnancies, it's impossible. Which is sad. So many overweight people get on the right track to a healthy body, to only then be troubled with a new self conscience of excess skin. If a long period of dedicated healthy eating and exercise hasn't worked, then surgery may be an option. But ofcourse should only ever be a last resort & IMO, only for health reasons.

She could try concentrating on those abs. Not just crunches, but alot of lower ab and oblique exercises to tighten every muscle in that area. Alot of females find that lower baggy bit of the stomach does go away after they spend a long period of time working the lower and side abs.