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Doctors explore the most successful ways to tighten it. Dropping a lot of weight can leave you with loose skin. Doctors explore the most successful ways to tighten it.
Teddi Mellencamp, 42, posed in a swimsuit to embrace “loose skin” after weight loss. The star posted a body-positive message, saying, she’s “done covering” up.
If weight loss results in excess skin and you'd like to take action, there are a few cosmetic options. The American Academy of Dermatology Association lists some of the ways to tighten loose skin:
Excess skin is an effect of surplus skin and fat after expansion during pregnancy or adipositas and following a massive and considerable weight loss. Further reasons can be aging effects, genetic disorders or an intentional expansion for skin reconstruction. Due to the elastic nature of the skin, there is generally some improvement over time.
The surgery involves the removal of excess skin and fat from the middle and lower abdomen in order to tighten the muscle and fascia of the abdominal wall. This type of surgery is usually sought by patients with loose or sagging tissues, that develop after pregnancy or major weight loss.
Ozempic users say the medication is causing them to develop an ”Ozempic butt.” Semaglutide doesn’t cause loose skin, but rapid weight loss can contribute.
By manipulating skin cooling during treatment, RF can also be used for heating and reduction of fat. Currently, the most common uses of RF-based devices are to noninvasively manage and treat skin tightening of lax skin (including sagging jowls, abdomen, thighs, and arms), as well as wrinkle reduction, cellulite improvement, and body contouring. [7]
Thanks to effective and popular new drugs for weight loss and diabetes – an estimated 1 in 8 adults in the US has used Ozempic or a similar GLP-1 medication – demand for procedures to lift and ...