After weight loss
 

Hey,
I started at 240 lbs in December 2011 at age of 22. Currently down 40 lbs. I had new worry that just hit me and thought maybe asked people who have been through drastic weight loss: after you reach you goal weight, has anyone had problem with sagging skin problem?

BTW my goal weight is 120 lbs

Congratulations on a such a great start!! Yes, sagging skin will be a problem but it's still better than the alternative.......fat in that skin. After I reach my goal, I'm going to look into a tummy tuck. In the past discussions on this board, many people say their sagging skin slowly improves, but it may always be excess. Still better than having that skin filled with fat though. At the moment, I have plenty of sagging skin AND fat on my stomach. Keep up your great effort--you're doing great!

I talked to my PT at the gym about this as I started at 234 (although thats not my highest) and he said that I will prob have some but if I keep toning my body (I do weights and strenth/resistance training), most or maybe all of it should tighten up, it just might take a while after I reach my goal weight. I am going to coninue toning and working out even in maintenance.

There may be, but I would do what the previous poster suggests. Give it at least a year of lifting weights and just giving your skin a chance to adjust. You have one big thing working in your favor: you're young.

There is an entire board here on 3FC dedicated to body image & issues after weight loss, with many threads regarding sagging skin. Check it out here!

At your age, I think it will be minimal. I started losing last year in January and lost 90 pounds. I have a little bagging, but I'm going to be 61 very soon and I was over 250 for longer than you've been alive. If I have just minimal bagging, I'm guessing you will have next to none, but we're all different. As everyone else said - it's better than fat under the skin.

Lin

Thank you everyone for encourging words! It truely helps to boost up the enthusiasm

You have youth on your side and that's a big plus. If you lose your weight at a slow, reasonable pace and exercise throughout with strength training, you may just have minimal skin sag or maybe none at all.

Other things that can help along the way are staying well hydrated with lots of water, eating foods that will nourish your skin not just fill up on empty calories, dry skin brushing, and there is a CD out from Carole Maggio (famous for her facial exercise workouts) called No-Lipo Lipo. It is a massage technique you do with your knuckles on your body a few times a week. Not only do people notice inch loss without weight loss from doing this, but it helps to keep skin firm or to tighten it if you already have loose skin. You can read all about the results some people have gotten from it at essentialdayspa.com or google it. I've only just started doing this, but have already seen some nice results.

Good luck to you!

Yeah, the sagging skin... but in the beginning of your 20s it should pull back quite nicely. I'm in the second half of my 20s and realized that my skin is not exactly as supple as at 17 any more... so I started creaming myself twice a day when losing fat fast, because my skin just couldn't keep the pace! It has pulled back neatly, finally, but I was scared in the beginning!