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  #1 Barney Bolton on 03 Mar 12

   

  The development of loose floppy skin after massive amounts of weight loss (greater than 75 or 100 pounds) can be described as well recognized problem that occurs frequently. While it's rather a surprise to some weight loss patients, it really should not be.
  
  Whether the weight loss is normally from heroic dieting efforts or bariatric surgical treatment, the damage that has been inflicted in the skin is irreversible. Once the skin looks taut when fully inflated (high pounds), the loss of the underlying fat sustain causes a deflation of the skin cover much like the deflation of a balloon. The skin does not 'snap back' for two reasons which is identical from can occur from pregnancy. First, the slow (or rapid) expansion of fat and weight stretches your skin layer and, in fact, actually makes more skin since it expands. This is well known in a surgical operation as an older, but still useful, surgical technique called tissue expansion. (commonly used today in breast reconstruction after cancer) The slower stretching of skin, while causing it to help you thin somewhat, actually makes more surface division of skin. Secondly, stretching beyond a certain point causes the elastic fibers with the skin to become permanently deformed. The elastic fibers (and collagen) are responsible for skin's elasticity. Like overstretching a spring, the fibers are pushed beyond their tensile limits plus they are no longer able to return to their original coiled shape. The combination of more skin that's no longer elastic results in hanging loose skin.
  
  There are other factors which will make the loose skin condition better and worse. How much weight is lost, how rapid the fat loss has been, your type of skin (finer more fair skin stretches more), how old you are (older patients develop more loose pores and skin), and smoking (smoking breaks down elastic fibers faster) are generally contributing factors as well. Clearly, large amounts of weight loss over much very less time of time in an older patient with fair skin who smokes fails to bode well for skin readaptation.
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  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The development of loose floppy skin after massive amounts of weight loss (greater than 75 or 100 pounds) can be described as well recognized problem that occurs frequently. While it's rather a surprise to some weight loss patients, it really should not be. <br /> <br /> Whether the weight loss is normally from heroic dieting efforts or bariatric surgical treatment, the damage that has been inflicted in the skin is irreversible. Once the skin looks taut when fully inflated (high pounds), the loss of the underlying fat sustain causes a deflation of the skin cover much like the deflation of a balloon. The skin does not 'snap back' for two reasons which is identical from can occur from pregnancy. First, the slow (or rapid) expansion of fat and weight stretches your skin layer and, in fact, actually makes more skin since it expands. This is well known in a surgical operation as an older, but still useful, surgical technique called tissue expansion. (commonly used today in breast reconstruction after cancer) The slower stretching of skin, while causing it to help you thin somewhat, actually makes more surface division of skin. Secondly, stretching beyond a certain point causes the elastic fibers with the skin to become permanently deformed. The elastic fibers (and collagen) are responsible for skin's elasticity. Like overstretching a spring, the fibers are pushed beyond their tensile limits plus they are no longer able to return to their original coiled shape. The combination of more skin that's no longer elastic results in hanging loose skin. <br /> <br /> There are other factors which will make the loose skin condition better and worse. How much weight is lost, how rapid the fat loss has been, your type of skin (finer more fair skin stretches more), how old you are (older patients develop more loose pores and skin), and smoking (smoking breaks down elastic fibers faster) are generally contributing factors as well. Clearly, large amounts of weight loss over much very less time of time in an older patient with fair skin who smokes fails to bode well for skin readaptation. <br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dietnutritionandgoodfood.com/diet-nutritionist/lose-weight-webmd/">loose skin from weight loss</a></div>

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