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One of my missions while I'm out on my surgical leave is to put together plans for when I'm back to work and beyond including exercise/activity ideas.
Included in that I'm trying to research the best ways to minimize excess skin from the weight loss.
Most sites talk about keeping hydrated and even strength training. They talk about vitamins and anti-oxidants and supplements but they talk about a confusing array of them. The jury seems to be out on skin cream as well.
Any suggestions??
Included in that I'm trying to research the best ways to minimize excess skin from the weight loss.
Most sites talk about keeping hydrated and even strength training. They talk about vitamins and anti-oxidants and supplements but they talk about a confusing array of them. The jury seems to be out on skin cream as well.
Any suggestions??
I am hopping that I will be able to get my suregerys eventualy within a 2 year period, hopefuly. Good luck to you.
Dianne :)
http://healingtools.tripod.com/skinbrush.html
Ive had this skin brush for years. It feels great to brush the skin and it improves lymph circulation.
http://www.skinbrush.net/
I then have a shower and rub baby oil into my damp skin so as much moisture as possible is absorbed..my skin looks and feels lovely ..just hoping it will aid with excess skin...
Kayla x
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoTBP_WJy9E&feature=youtube_gdata_player
when I was in walmart this morning, looking for the ointment I use on my new tattoos, I found a whole section of ointments and creams related to skin tightening, and stretch mark reducers, and well, it ran the whole gamet. ranging from about 10 bucks to about 30 bucks. Once again however, as already stated, if you have been carring around all this extra skin for multiple years, chances are, without surgery, it will still be there. My doctor and my plastic surgeon who goes to my gym as well, tells me that surgery is the ONLY way to get it all removed, and then there will still most likely be some left.
My point of view? Extra skin is still better than weighing 420 pounds..,..any day of the week.
Other thing that seems to have helped me and a few other people I know who have lost a lot of weight is water exercise. I do water aerobics, friends swim, and we all feel that our skin looks better than it should considering the amount of weight we've lost. I've got nothing to back it up, no internet references or anything like that.
But I'm 61 have lost a total of 125 pounds and am at goal and the only plastics I'm contemplating is a lower face lift... on the other hand, I'm also not contemplating sunning in a bikini either.
Lin