Like everyone else here, I am worried about lose skin. I read through all the lose skin threads yesterday and I didn't find mention of approximately when the skin first started appearing and what it looked like. I am curious to know what everyone's experience was, or currently is. Did you start seeing lose skin early on and what did it look like? Is the skin most noticeable when you are close to goal and have lost most of the fat. If a person is around 30- 40 pounds from goal and hasn't seen too much sagging or wrinkling, is that an indication that there may not be a lot of skin or is that too soon to tell? Basically, when did you notice the skin and how did it look early on compared to how it looked at goal?
I am 29 and I have had two large babies (10 and 8.5 pounds) I have stretch marks but my skin did tighten up after having the kids. Of course, it was still filled with fat though. I lost 40 pounds then maintained for a couple years. I didn't notice any skin issues then but since I have lost this last 45 pounds since November, I am stating to see issues. My arms now have bat wings that are pretty big and my skin is wrinkly only if I push on it. I can rub my hand along my leg or stomach and the skin wrinkles and buckles, but if I don't touch it, it is not noticeable. I haven't noticed any sagging other than my arms and maybe just a bit on my inner thighs. I am still overweight at 176 pounds and have a way to go including quite a bit of belly fat. Is it too early to tell how much sagging there will be? I can't afford surgery even if I wanted it so it's really on my mind.
Thanks for any help