Spoke to my plastic surgeon due to large amounts of excess skin

(Eric) #24

While I hear people saying similar things, what is defined as slowly enough? I have lost 142lbs in 16 months but most of it was within a year. I definitely have loose skin on my belly and thighs and while it has improved it does still look like a deflated balloon. Don’t think it is bad enough to warrant surgical intervention but it is there. I also frequent some fasting forums and some of those people have lost a ton of weight and the amount of loose skin on some of them will definitely require surgery. One guy lost over 260lbs and I doubt he could fast enough to have autophagy address all that extra skin.

#25

Hard to imagine 20 lbs of fat loss in a day… but congratulations. I do think this will vary by the person and by where the fat loss is…visceral fat loss might have less impact on flabby skin compared to visceral fat depending on where it is…

And to reiterate, my post was meant as a joke!

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #26

It did surprise me, until I read on these forums that fat cells can store water to replace the fat they’ve released, and they can all decide to let it go in one big whoosh, at some point. Scale readings before and after were consistent, in that after the “whoosh” my weight remained 20 lbs. lower, and weight loss resumed from that point. Of course, the converse happened to me, once, a year later. One day I noticed I weighed 32 lbs./14.5 kg more, though my clothes hadn’t gotten any tighter. But the scale kept recording the higher weight, and it took a month to return to the weight I had the day before the sudden increase.

Make of all that what you will, lol!

#27

I would check to see if family members or roommates were playing a trick! Are you sure your scale was not broken!!!Did you gain the weight in one day?! That seems impossible even if you ate everything in sight for a week. Any thoughts on why it happened?

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #28

Not a clue why it happened, but it’s one of the reasons I stopped bothering with the scale. And besides, that scale consistently under-reported my weight by 20 lbs./9 kg. It measured my father accurately, as compared with weigh-ins at the doctor’s. I verified my true weight on the balance scale at the gym (I don’t trust the fancy electronic spring scales any more than I trust any other spring scale.)

Interestingly, the current scale we have (got it because it has a readout that’s easier on Dad’s eyes) reports my weight as 100 lbs./45.5 kg less. I know for sure that I do not weigh 123 lbs./56 kg!

#29

Ok that is bizarre! What about getting one of those old fashioned dial scales? Sounds like digital does not work. I had a bizarre thing in that my clothes are getting looser (or rather the ones that were too small are starting to fit) but I have not lost weight. And a friend who I had not seen since before the pandemic immediately commented on how I lost weight. She last saw me in 2017 and I weigh 25- 30 lbs more than I did in 2017 after my first major keto weight loss. However I still weigh less than I have most of my adult life since my 30s and she has known me for a long time. I think I leave a fat memory! I have always had this problem even when I was normal weight, people used to ask me if I lost weight even when I had not

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #30

It is bizarre, and I’d love to know the explanation.

It’s hard to find balance scales around anymore, because they are so boringly low-tech, but they are far more accurate (assuming that the weights are carefully manufactured), than any spring-driven scale, whether the readout is a dial or a digital panel. But using the balance scale at the gym has shown me that my weight fluctuates around an average of 223 lb./101.4 kg.

(Bob M) #31

Very impressive!

(Kirk Wolak) #32

So, I met a fellow at a low-carb event who did the surgery.
He was 500+ lbs, lost 300 lbs. And had the surgery. He had rope scars everywhere.
He told me this was before learning that fasting could have significantly reduced this stuff.

Like 1-2 inch thick red/pink scars all around every muscle. When he covered it up, he looked great!

I know this doctors said no real scarring. I am not sure how much skin you have to lose.
Clearly this other fella lost a WHOLE PERSON. And he did not use low-carb when he started.

I would buy a Sauna and a Cold Plunge with that kind of money, and I would be fasting and using hormedic stressors… Personally.

I recommend Dr. Boz (Fast for 72hrs once a week). Give it a few months, maybe 6.
Or sign up with Dr. Fung… That’s where I went to learn to fast. It’s a LOT cheaper than this surgery. And there are no real RISKS by comparison!

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #33

Dr. Fung’s Web site used to have before and after pictures of a patient who lost a lot of weight and whose skin was quite loose and droopy. In the after picture, he looked great. His skin had tightened up completely, simply because he fasted. Autophagy at work!

I was fortunate that my fat loss was slow enough that my skin was able to tighten up along with it.

A number of my scars have lessened considerably on keto. I hope the guy who lost 300 pounds finds that keto helps his scars.

#36

I still think this thread has taken a hilarious turn as I originally posted it as a joke/humor but it evolved into a serious discussion

Love it

(Laurie) #37

The skin on some parts of my body (most notably my arms and neck) has turned wrinkly. Just age I guess. Time to stop worrying about it.