Losing weight can be a tedious process that can take years of hard work and effort. From altering your nutrition to committing to a fitness routine, achieving and maintaining your goal weight is an incredible feeling.
Many adults who achieve significant weight loss are often left with an excessive amount of loose skin, negatively affecting their appearance. Read on to learn the best treatments for tightening the skin after weight loss, so your efforts aren’t overshadowed by loose skin.
How Weight Loss and Weight Gain Affects Skin Elasticity
As our bodies grow, our skin does the same. Skin expands effortlessly throughout pregnancy and when your body gains weight. The expansion is so subtle and gradual that you may not even notice it stretching as your body grows. During weight loss, the volume of fat cells in your body is reduced faster than when it expanded. This results in your skin staying the same after your body size has reduced, leading to loose and sagging skin.
Exilis Ultra 360 For Head To Toe Tightening
Smooth and tone the skin without invasive or painful surgery with the Exilis Ultra 360. This unique skin tightening device is the only treatment that uses both radiofrequency and ultrasound energy to tighten and tone targeted areas. This treatment is safe for most areas of the body, conveniently allowing you to tighten areas previously considered impossible without surgery. The Exilis Ultra 360 offers personalized tightening without pain or any necessary downtime.
Ultherapy For Loose Neck Skin
A facelift is a significant commitment. Between the associated costs and the necessary downtime, it can be an aggressive step towards rejuvenating your look until you heal. Ultherapy can gently tighten loose skin on your face without the dramatic and time-consuming commitment of an invasive procedure.
Ultherapy uses ultrasound energy to tighten loose, sagging skin and starts a new cycle of collagen growth. As the new collagen develops, older structures within the skin are revitalized and thickened, leaving you with a tightened appearance.
Thermage For Stimulating Collagen Production
Thermage uses radiofrequency technology to heat the skin safely. This penetrating heat stimulates your body’s collagen production, leading to tightened and smoothed skin. A targeted treatment, Thermage, is ideal for treating loose skin on the neck and face and other areas of the body.
Thermage is an excellent treatment for skin contouring after weight loss. Most find that their initial desire to tighten the skin is addressed after a single treatment session and see a visible improvement within the first six months.
Will Loose Skin Tighten On Its Own?
Depending on the amount of excess skin you’re left with after weight loss, it’s unlikely that your skin will go away on its own with time. Factors that contribute to how well your skin adjusts after weight loss include how your skin initially responded to weight loss, your age, genetics, and how much weight you lost. Those who can see an improvement in their loose skin on their own are often those who do not have stretch marks and are younger with reasonable skin quality.
While some creams may temporarily give your skin a slight boost in tightness, collagen and elastin molecules are too large to be absorbed through the skin. In general, collagen must be created from the inside out to achieve lasting results. If you’re ready to tighten loose skin after weight loss, contact Radiance Skincare & laser Medspa today to schedule a skin tightening consultation.