So, I've lost almost 30 pounds and have a few questions.
My skin is getting a lot loser. If I lift weights and work on my body, how long will it change until I see a huge difference?
Stretchmarks. Sure, they are white, and looks nothing like they did when I got them like 5-8 years ago. But I think they are starting to look even worse now that I've lost weight. They are kinda.. closer together, which makes the whole area look kinda gross. (Which is just about my whole butt area. Looks like an old ladys butt. Lol)
Is there anything I can do to make them look better?
I am dealing with the same. I wasn't obese, so I thought y skin wouldn't be an issue for me. But now that I am getting closer to goal the stretchmarks just make my skin look all ... squishy and soft and wrinkly. I knew I had stretchmarks a lot because I grew really quickly when I hit puberty. From super skinny girl to curvy girl. UHG.
I am just gonna keep hydrating my skin through lots of water drinking and bodylotion and hope it helps. I dropped 6lbs the past few weeks, might be why my skin is like this and is still catching up or so.
Vitamin E's really good for skin. I bought capsules recently and have been using the oil from inside them on my face and it's making a difference after 2 days. When I read about doing this I saw some people say it helped their stretch marks too. I haven't lost enough weight yet so I haven't really looked at them yet. Good luck.
Vitamin E's really good for skin. I bought capsules recently and have been using the oil from inside them on my face and it's making a difference after 2 days. When I read about doing this I saw some people say it helped their stretch marks too. I haven't lost enough weight yet so I haven't really looked at them yet. Good luck.
Im taking multi-vitamins and Vitamin B. It says on the Vitamin B bottle that its for hair and skin...
Guess I need to look into getting some Vitamin E then..
Loose skin is a tough one. Some of it bounces back with time, but it depends on genetics, how heavy you were, how old you are, etc. Oils and possibly surgery are pretty much your options if some of it doesn't come back.
Make sure you take your vitamins and drink plenty of water. Like someone else said, it has a lot to do with genetics but I can say that I was heavier than you and because I started off lifting weights and doing HIIT, I burned a lot of fat that causes cellulite and have relatively no (if any) stretchmarks that I can see. I truly do believe it is because of the tightening of gaining muscles etc as time has gone on. I used to have tons around my thigh area but most of those have gone away...or are at least hidden from view currently.
I highly recommend weight/strength training. And not 5-10lbs. Heavy lifting.
I lift heavy weights, drink water, etc. I still have loose skin.
It's annoying but I much prefer this over where I was. I was never afraid of loose skin either, just kind of annoyed that I wound up with it. I might consider a tummy tuck when I'm done having kids but after researching the procedure a bit I think I'm too skeeved out and would rather keep my loose skin LOL. I don't have a whole lot so it doesn't interfere with exercise, etc. so I don't really NEED surgery.
Many of the "parasite cleanse" products are a scam. They include an ingredient that actually creates false "worms" that appear in the stool (they're not worms at all but some type of plant fiber or a chemical reaction to the cleanse ingredients).
This is similar to the "toxin cleanse" foot baths and foot pads. The foot pads, or the foot bath water turns dark, and the dark staning is supposed to be toxins removed from the body. But it's not, it's essentially a magic trick - as the dark staining is just a chemical reaction that interacts with human sweat (or probably salt water for that matter).
Skin?
