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April 28, 2008, 2:14 am
Flag as Inappropriate Rosetta
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Saggy Skin
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When you lose a significant amount of weight, but relatively slowly, how long does it take for the skin to tighten up? I am concerned about the remaining dog jowl look to my midriff and would really hope that eventually it will disappear.
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April 28, 2008, 6:42 am
Flag as Inappropriate Tammy66 says...
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It will take work at doing exercises to tighten the skin back up. Provided the weight loss was slow, generally exercising that particular area will eventually have it firm again. Everyone is different and the skin's elasticity can vary by age, etc, so no one will be able to give you a specific time frame.
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April 28, 2008, 10:19 am
Flag as Inappropriate ewills says...
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In most cases with consistent work and time, you can get your stomach back into shape without having to go through surgery. It would also be a good idea to not only do cardiovascular exercise to burn the fat, but also some exercises focusing on tighten your abdominal muscles.
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April 28, 2008, 3:55 pm
Flag as Inappropriate mom2many says...
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I have found that exercises work the best, little ones with lots of repetition for tightening and toning. So for the belly, crunches work best.
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April 28, 2008, 5:02 pm
Flag as Inappropriate pen10 says...
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Do you have any ideas for someone that can not do crunches due to back issues? I have this problem myself and need something thats low strain for the back.
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April 28, 2008, 10:04 pm
Flag as Inappropriate purple says...
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Sometimes it depends on how much you gained and lost. If you had alot of weight gained you may have stretched the skin past its ability to regain elasticity even if you go slowly. As for things that are better on your back, some of the ab machines they advertise claim they are low stress, but I've never tried any of them.
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April 30, 2008, 9:22 pm
Flag as Inappropriate Annabelle says...
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I agree with purple that it depends on how much you lost. It's possible that it's just beyond that point where it'll tighten up on its own, but otherwise, it'll take some time and just keep working at it.
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May 10, 2008, 10:18 pm
Flag as Inappropriate Ozzie says...
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I think as we age we lose a lot of our skin elasticity. It has a tendency to droop even before losing the weight. After losing weight it gets even more droopy. I think toning exercises might help a little for seniors too.
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May 20, 2008, 7:30 pm
Flag as Inappropriate jimmys devoted says...
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I have sciatica, and i like pilates. BUt there is a crunch that I do, raise hands above head and just lift your legs a little bit and rop. Youc an also just suck in a bit. Sit tight video from Soimmons has sitting tummys that do work!
of course you can snorkel, No impact and your on your tummy is flexed.. it make syour back feel great!
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