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hey i am 23 and was obese up until 21. i have completely transformed my body but i am having a hard time getting skin to retract. i have tried lotions (thiomax, coco butter, and few others), i do cardio every day and drink water. if there are any tricks i would love to know about them!! Thanks for any help!!
Man I hate having to say it but if there is a good amount of extra skin there are no tricks to do. It will get slightly better but you will have to find the money to get the loose skin surgicly removed it is done all the time for people who have lost great deals of weight, good thing is when they do it they get the skin pulled super tight over your abs.
Check out some info online...some things ive read , and i dont know the full science too it yet is that its not loose skin, its still fat cells not broken down. I think thats how it was put.
Things to do is drink tons of water and i mean tons, keep the skin hydrated, and either get super strict with your diet and work hard to burn more and more fat, and or work now to fill it in with muscle....do a massive bulk, fill it all in, then cut from there and in time it should all work, it just is going to be a bitch.
So i dont know, thats my thoughts...check some info online.
check out this thread:
[url]http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=112062351[/url]
It can be done naturally. It just means staying at a low body fat % and time to recover.
You are only 23, so even though you were heavy for a while, your skin can possibly retract and tighten. It depends on the elastisity/genes.
stretch marks - well imo that's nature's way of keeping people humble, lol.
Good luck and congrats on your transformation.
There's always a tummy tuck, but I myself am keeping that as a very remote last option because 1) I hate going under the knife and 2) I'm cheap, lol
[QUOTE=jdmrtn;284814971]hey i am 23 and was obese up until 21. i have completely transformed my body but i am having a hard time getting skin to retract. i have tried lotions (thiomax, coco butter, and few others), i do cardio every day and drink water. if there are any tricks i would love to know about them!! Thanks for any help!![/QUOTE]
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try using a stapeler to staple the skin so its tighter
[QUOTE=injured44;285888281]try using a stapeler to staple the skin so its tighter[/QUOTE]
try being less of an idiot
stop doing cardio.. eat lots of protien and add some muscle.
[QUOTE=injured44;285888281]try using a stapeler to staple the skin so its tighter[/QUOTE]
Wow Injured44, looks like you live up to your name...