MissAma
Silver Member
Well your experience is certainly unique and you're right, no one knows. All I can say is, when I freak out about loose skin -and that's often after 130lbs lost- I remember something I once heard a plastic surgeon say which is "elasticity and the ability skin has to retract to fit a new body is very personal and depending on many factors, no one can predict it but a good rule of thumb is that no surgeon worth their salt would operate to remove skin any sooner than 6 months after weight loss so that it has a fair chance to go back".
I've seen skin I thought I would always have loose retract -my arms for instance, I wanted to cry every time I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror thinking losing all the weight was useless since I still couldn't ever show my arms!- but at the same time it's been a good few months and my tighs still look terrible so there's really no telling.
The way I figure it.... even if skin hangs from everywhere, you'll be at your goal, target weight, you'll feel great, live longer, look great clothed and heck on the beach yeah you'll wear the flaps as scars of war and they still won't make you look as bad as you did at your heaviest!
I've seen skin I thought I would always have loose retract -my arms for instance, I wanted to cry every time I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror thinking losing all the weight was useless since I still couldn't ever show my arms!- but at the same time it's been a good few months and my tighs still look terrible so there's really no telling.
The way I figure it.... even if skin hangs from everywhere, you'll be at your goal, target weight, you'll feel great, live longer, look great clothed and heck on the beach yeah you'll wear the flaps as scars of war and they still won't make you look as bad as you did at your heaviest!