Monday, March 26, 2012

Is Loose Skin after Weight Loss a Myth?

Is loose skin after weight loss a myth? According to Mark Sisson, most "loose skin" is actually stubborn fat..
... Before getting into potential methods of treating and/or preventing excess skin after weight loss, let's explore the phenomenon itself. What exactly is loose, or excess skin?

Most cases of loose skin are actually just cases of excess subcutaneous body fat covered by skin. And because subcutaneous fat is "soft" fat, it is looser and easier to confuse with skin. It droops and jiggles and the skin that surrounds it conforms to its shape. That's not to suggest that legitimately loose skin isn't a real problem, because it is. But I would wager that many if not most cases of loose skin can be explained by overly stubborn deposits of subcutaneous fat. Read more

5 comments:

milk of thistle said...

I have some lose skin from weight loss but I'm pretty sure it's actually lose skin because I had stretch marks there so the area lost it's elasticity. It kinda sucks a lot but then again, at least I'm able to be a lower weight now instead of still being bigger.

Anonymous said...

So, can we go back to the real issue? Are there any remedies to tighten excess skin / loose skin after weight loss? That would be valuable infomation.

Caitlin MacKenna said...

The consensus seems to be that loose skin is a myth. Loose skin is actually stubborn fat. Lose the fat, and you lose the loose skin.

Anonymous said...

Loose skin can be caused by stretched skin after pregnancy and breast feeding of over swellings of the skin , if the skin has not enough elasticity to cover the expansion.

Caitlin MacKenna said...

This article is talking about weight loss, not pregnancy or breastfeeding.