Skin questions!!

**corie** · 06-03-2014 08:27 PM

I am only 20 and I worry about how my body is going to look after I lose all the weight (surgery is June 12th). I was big (low 200s) a few years ago and lost a bunch of weight and my skin handled it pretty well, but I gained all the weight back plus more. I was wondering what other younger people have experienced with their skin? Everyone tells me it should be pretty elastic. I'm just nervous about having a bunch of extra skin. Don't get me wrong, I would rather be smaller with loose skin than the way I am now, but it still worries me. It may sound silly but I am single and I worry about meeting a guy when I'm thin. I would be scared they would be grossed out by the excess skin! Any suggestions/experiences?

**Lee6Lee** · 06-03-2014 09:45 PM

At your age and weight, I'm quite sure you will snap back. But not as well after age 25.

**Tifflw86** · 06-04-2014 09:02 AM

If they are grossed out by it then they are probably a shallow, narrow-minded jerk you dont need anyway!! hehe

Do this for you, and embarce all that comes with it. You will be healthier inside and thats what matters.

**bikrchk** · 06-04-2014 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by Tifflw86

If they are grossed out by it then they are probably a shallow, narrow-minded jerk you dont need anyway!! hehe

Do this for you, and embarce all that comes with it. You will be healthier inside and thats what matters.

^^^Yes. THIS^^^
And I worry about the same thing, (except I am 47 and had been overweight since childhood). I look GREAT IN my clothes, but out of them... Not so confident. I know it's better than I make it out to be. We are all our own worst enemy! Haven't crossed that bridge yet, (divorced 4 years ago), but trying to remember the quote above as I wade back into the dating pool!

**corie** · 06-04-2014 10:48 AM

you got this! you look great and remember how far you have come!!

**corie** · 06-04-2014 10:49 AM

and she's so right about them being shallow jerks if they judge us for the excess skin! i've had enough of those in my life! we all deserve wayyyyyyy better than that!

**KimberlyH** · 06-04-2014 08:10 PM

I'm 47, I've been overweight since I was a teen, and this scares me. My husband is fabulous about it, and he's seen "after" shots of people about my size, but still... ::shudder::