Loose Skin after Weight Loss – You can do something about it!

People who lose excess weight fast after either partaking in a weight-loss programme, diet, slimming medicines, and/or hypnosis, often find flabby skin a consequence. Losing weight fast, such as 3 pounds or more a week, or possibly undergoing a gastric band, doesn’t give the skin chance to transition to firmness and this is why it sags.

Looking after your skin

If you intend to lose weight, ensure that you keep your skin moisturised through use of creams, hydrated through drinking water, and rejuvenated through scrubbing the surface weekly with a loofah. Your skin is the largest organ in your body and keeping it healthy will enable skin layers to rejuvenate and to rid your body of toxins.

Ways of preventing loose skin after weight loss

Besides preparing for weight loss by looking after your skin, you can start by:

• Engaging in a regular exercise programme, such as yoga, swimming, lifting weights, sit-ups and stomach crunches that will firm your skin and allow health blood circulation for rejuvenation.
• Having daily massages with skin-firming oils, aloe vera, collagen cream or lanolin can also help to develop the elasticity of your skin.
• Being aware of healthy breathing for necessary oxygen flow that feeds the skin for firming.
• Keeping in mind to pull your stomach and abdominal muscles in while walking and doing daily activities – get in the habit!
• Consuming balanced nutrition with vitamin supplements, such as Vitamin A, E, C, and D to stimulate skin condition.

You may find that you have already lost weight too fast and have loose skin. What can you do about it? There are other options that include:

• Radio-frequency Skin Tightening, such as Thermage that heats the skin, tightening it on the face, neck, chest, upper arms, thighs and abdomen.
• Tummy Tucks that involve surgery to remove excess skin with minimal scarring.
• Liposuction and Laser Surgery removes excess fat and skin allowing you to have the firmer look you desire.
• Compression Garments can be used to keep the loose skin from hanging, but will not remove the excess skin.