08/02/2026
The truth and facts about loose skin 👇🏼
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Depending on many factors, age, diet, size of weight gain, speed of weight gain, will dictate whether or not you will have loose skin or not.
Does how fast you lose weight effect loose skin?
NO. The stretching process has already taken place, the elasticity has already gone. And if you use common sense in what world would reducing the volume of something cause it to stretch.
Does taking supplments like collagen, and creams etc help?
NO, again the stretching process has already happened, now if you were to have taken supplments and creams during your gaining phase then YES it may prevent stretching and keep the elasticity. If you’re already overweight reading this. Save your money.
Will building muscle help fill out the loose skin.
NO will it f**k. This one frustrates me the most as a lot of fitness influencers will claim this. Let me put this myth to bed..
1lb of fat and 1lb of muscle are still 1lb, however the volume of fat is bigger as its fluffy. Fat takes up 31 cubic inches where muscle takes up 26 cubic inches. So lets say you lose 50lbs of fat which is expected as a minimum if you’re to have loose skin. That means you’d have to build 60lbs of muscle to fill out the same volume area. NOT even a bodybuilder on steroids could achieve that. As a female for example you’d be lucky to build 10lbs of muscle in your whole gym life time.
If ANY part of you feel like arguing… explain to me where your massive protruding belly was with likely 15lbs solid fat accumulation in that area… are you expected to grow 18lbs muscle plus on your abs? Ridiculous. Everyone needs to stop saying this. Its embarrassing.
What is the ONLY method to get rid of loose skin?
Surgery, that is the ONLY way. Absolutely nothing else will work. Anyone in the comments claiming xyz either never had loose skin, or are trying to scam you for money.
Will toning an area of your body help loose skin?
NO, you cannot tone fat, nor skin. You can reduce fat and build muscle to give a toned elusion, but loose skin will over ride that. So stop “toning your arms or inner thighs” do compound lifts.
I understand for some of you this can be devastating news. I get a lot of hate for stating these facts. Something I’ve studied for well over a decade. I wish there was a solution and an easy fix.
There is not.
My only hope is to save you some money from scammers, and manage expectations.
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