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How To Tolerate Loose Skin After Weight Loss

7 August 2015 by Clifford Ramos

After you have your weight loss surgery, you are going to have a great deal of loose skin. This can be frustrating for you because you spent a lot of time and money to have the weight gone and feel more comfortable with your body, but now you have to deal with a ton of loose skin. Here are some ways that you can manage your loose skin while you wait for your skin to tighten or for you to have enough money to pay for a more permanent solution to your loose skin problem.

1. Wear Compression Athletic Clothes and Compression Tights

When you are going about your day, you are going to need to keep your loose skin under control. By wearing high-waisted tights and athletic apparel that is tight enough to keep the skin close to your body so that it doesn't flop around, you will find it much easier to walk and be active. Compression tights will also help you to look more slim, allowing you to feel more confident about your body.

Also, in order to qualify for skin reduction surgery, some surgeons require you to keep the weight off for a certain amount of time. This means that you will absolutely need to exercise on top of eating healthily.

2. Appreciate Your Body For What it Can Do

Instead of focusing on how your body looks, try to focus more on exactly what your body is capable of. This means realizing that it's amazing how easy it is for you to walk up stairs, hold your children, go to yoga, or run several miles. Your body is incredible, even if it has loose skin, and you are much healthier because you are no longer carrying excess weight.

3. Don't Compare Yourself to the Mental Image of "Skinny" You

Finally, try to avoid comparing yourself to the image that you had in your head of how you would look when you were skinny. This was an image that you made up and never reflected reality. If you ruminate on the changes that you would have preferred, you will only end up making yourself miserable.

If you are able to shift your perspective about your body enough, you might even feel that you are okay with the skin the way it is. However, if you don't feel comfortable, make sure that you talk to a professional doctor who performs fat extraction surgery, like those at Medilaser, Cosmetic Surgery and Vein Center, to see if he or she also performs skin reductions.

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