Lifestyle/Nutrition
How You Can Avoid Loose Skin After Weight Loss
The typical weight loss journey is challenging. There will always be ups and downs. But you will likely feel better physically and mentally than ever before.
Once you go through the trials and tribulations of a weight loss journey, it is common to still feel discouraged by sagging skin on your arms, stomach, and legs.
Loose skin can be an indicator of significant weight loss, but this should not prevent you from trying to lose stubborn fat. Fortunately, there are several steps you can take to avoid saggy skin after losing weight.
Why is My Skin Loose After Losing Weight?
Your skin has two proteins that give it a firm appearance and elastic properties. Elastin and collagen help your skin stretch without tearing during weight gain.
As you get older, elastin and collagen production decreases. These protein fibers can also become damaged with age. When you lose significant weight, it's harder for the fibers to return to their original state. This is especially true when you rapidly lose weight and are previously overweight.
How Much Weight Loss Causes Loose Skin?
Progressive weight loss typically does not lead to developing sagging skin. A common question is if losing a modest amount of weight causes loose skin. At that weight range, it likely will not.
More significant weight loss, between a range of 50 or more pounds, specifically during a short timeframe, will cause loose skin. Losing more than two pounds (1kg) per week is considered rapid weight loss.
Your age and genetics will also influence how much weight loss causes loose skin. Therefore, it may be less apparent even if you are older and have lost weight rapidly.
Is It Possible to Avoid Loose Skin After Weight Loss?
You can minimize loose skin by maintaining healthy muscle tissue and skin by focusing on weight loss, skin care, hydration, diet, and exercise.
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Losing weight slowly: Have the goal of losing 1.5 pounds per week.
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Avoid skin damage: Reduce exposure to UV rays from the Sun that can alter your skin structure.
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Stay hydrated: Increased water consumption will keep your skin elastic and hydrated.
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Exercise: Resistance training to maintain and build lean muscle reduces saggy skin.
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Nutrient-dense foods: Eat foods with high sources of collagen and Omega-3s, such as bone broth, chicken, fish, and eggs.
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Supplements: You can promote collagen production with supplements.
Improving Loose Skin After Weight Loss
If you've already lost the weight, you can still tighten loose skin (sometimes called cutis laxa). By using methods at home or with a health professional, you'll be able to make improvements to your skin quality.
Natural Remedies to Minimize Cutis Laxa
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Building muscle mass via strength training.
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Wearing compression clothing can help with moderately loose skin.
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Using topical creams designed to lift, tone, and tighten the skin.
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Microneedling aids in strengthening collagen fibers for tighter skin.
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Staying hydrated by drinking 3.7 liters of water daily for men and 2.7 for women.
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Protect yourself from the Sun and use antioxidant-rich moisturizers.
Skin Tightening Cosmetic Procedures
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Body contouring surgery: procedures such as a tummy tuck or a breast lift are designed to remove excess skin.
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Radiofrequency treatments use infrared light and radiofrequency to tighten your skin.
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Ultrasound therapy: This technique uses ultrasound waves to encourage collagen production.
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AirSculpt® + is a minimally invasive treatment using helium gas and radiofrequency to create plasm that improves skin laxity.
Effectively Losing Weight and Tightening Loose Skin
The perfect formula for a tighter-looking body is to lose weight and tighten loose skin. However, only some procedures or methods are available to do this effectively.
Losing weight requires losing fat, and tightening skin requires collagen and elastin production. But if we refer to what was previously mentioned, naturally losing weight and tightening skin isn't practical or easy.
Yet, AirSculpt® + can provide both benefits in one session without the risks of traditional lifting surgeries.
What is AirSculpt+?
AirSculpt® provides custom body contouring procedures designed to remove fat and tighten skin with its patented technologies.
AirSculpt® does not use scalpels, stitches, needles, or general anesthesia to remove fat, which minimizes risks and increases patient comfort.
Nonetheless, AirSculpt® has empowered itself to provide even better results by partnering with Renuvion to provide AirSculpt® +. This procedure allows patients to simultaneously remove fat and tighten skin, making it an effective solution for both issues.
How Does AirSculpt® + Work?
AirSculpt® + first targets the area where the patients wants to reduce excess fat. Standard AirSculpt® fat removal is performed, and then the same area is treated with Renuvion technology to tighten the skin.
The typical AirSculpt® + fat removal and skin tightening procedure consists of the following steps:
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Patients first get AirSculpt® to remove fat from the body area they choose.
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The Renuvion device delivers cold plasma energy to contract collagen fibers through the same entry points used to remove fat.
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Radiofrequency energy heats the area subdermally to 85º C to optimize skin contraction.
AirSculpt® also has other benefits, such as precise fat removal, no linear scarring, and a downtime of only 48 hours.
Schedule Your Consultation at our San Jose Office
AirSculpt® focuses on allowing patients to change their bodies while minimizing potential risks.
At our San Jose body sculpting office, our fat removal and skin tightening experts are committed to ensuring quality results with the help of our patented technology. For more information on how we can help you, schedule a free consultation to begin your journey for tighter skin.
If you're not in the Bay Area, please get in touch with the body contouring location nearest you for a free consultation.
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