You have lost extra pounds and achieved your long-desired weight. Unfortunately, it is not a rare case that a new problem appears, and that is excess skin. So it can remain on all parts of the body, and most often it remains on the stomach, upper arms, lower back, and thighs.
Excess skin usually occurs due to sudden weight loss with intensive diets. In addition to excess skin, the appearance of stretch marks is also common. With sudden weight loss, the skin cannot adjust and remains hanging. So in this way you have lost muscle mass, but not fat deposits.
With a proper rhythm of weight loss, where 500 to 800 grams are lost per week, there is less probability of such consequences. All parts of the body can have excess skin
Intensive weight loss with rigorous diets, starvation, and exhausting exercises, as well as surgical and aesthetic interventions such as liposuction of the stomach or bariatric surgery to reduce the stomach, ends up with excess skin. This reduces the satisfaction of losing weight. Dissatisfaction, the feeling of shame, inability to exercise, appearance of rashes and fungal infections in skin folds appear
How to tighten the skin after losing weight?
Natural skin tightening is a long and difficult process and requires a lot of patience and persistence. However, you will tighten a small excess of skin, and a large amount of skin can only be solved with cosmetic surgery.
We can improve the tightening of excess skin in the following natural ways
Skin firming creams
Skin-firming lotions are the best way to tighten. They help increase collagen and elastin in your skin and contain plant-based ingredients like aloe vera, vitamins A and E. Collagen creams have a particularly positive effect. They enrich the level of collagen and restore the moisture and elasticity of the skin.
Minerals and sea salts
Minerals stimulate blood circulation and make the skin healthy and supple. The combination of minerals and salts is effective if you use them at least three times a week. Mineral salt combined with a little sand is great for the flawless tightening of your skin.
Almond oil
It is rich in vitamins: A, B1, B2, B6, and vitamin E. Applying it to your skin daily will make it soft and firm. With this oil, you can also get rid of stretch marks and tighten the skin.
Skin peeling
With peeling, a layer of dead cells is removed and the skin becomes shiny and soft, and it absorbs moisturizing agents better. After treating the skin with peeling, it needs hydration (a cream rich in moisturizing ingredients) to avoid excessive dryness of the skin.
Massages
Massage is one of the excellent solutions and gives elasticity to the skin. If you cannot visit regular treatments, do a massage yourself with gentle circular movements of your hands on the accessible parts of the body. It is desirable that the creams you will use during the massage have collagen.
Sunbathing
Although it is a source of life, energy, light, and heat and enables the creation of vitamin D in our bodies, we should be careful. Excessive exposure to the sun without proper protection and protective creams allows us to get skin aging, drying, wrinkles, sagging, and redness. Use vitamins E and C, selenium, and calcium. They increase the skin’s resistance to UV rays.
Take care of your skin, it is your most precious garment.
