does exercise prevent saggy skin after WLS?

Question

I had a Gastric bypass surgery almost a month ago..i'm losing weight and i already feel like my skin is getting loose so my questions are:
1) if i exercise for (say 30-60 minutes , 3-5 days a week) would it prevent my skin from saggying?
and..
2) would i get more stretch marks from losing weight? (as i've already got many of them from weight gain) ?

Answer 1

You may not be able to prevent your skin from sagging in unfavorable ways. There are several factors that come in to play. Many times surgery is the only way to take care of it. Take heart, the results can be awesome and you would deserve to do that for yourself if you succeed in that kind of an accomplishment.

Answer 2

I have been doing excercising training while in the Army for 20 years, for being fit is what the Army gets you in and keeps you in and I will say with excercising and running your loose skin will tighten up and if you have had a cesareian section and have a scar from it and it looks red, then excercising with sit ups and free weights will take the redness away and it too will give you a nice V shaped back and loose skin will be history. Do not believe in all the jive products that claims to take away loose skin and what ever else, there is only one way to tighten the skin and to loose weight and the magic word is overall is to go on a run 5 times a week 2 miles or more, and push up and sit ups along with the trunk-twister excercise. I am a weight trainer and got all of my training from top civilian excercise experts that the government hires to train army personel to be top fit trainers, even still after being retired since 2001 I am still in the best shape like I was while in the service and now being 44 I feel like I am even stronger and my skin is not saggy like maggi and sexual performance increases termendosly as well. A little hint for stretch marks to disappear is, take a very warm wash cloth and pour white venager on the cloth as well and wrap it around the stretch mark area daily in the mornings for two hours a day and for two weeks straight and wala, they start to disappear and will be gone very soon. Do not worry if people smell vinegar on you but just ignore them and stay focused on loosing your stretch marks ok.

Answer 3

It depends on your age - because your skin loses elasticity with age and will not snap back as well.

However, you should look pretty good if you drink lots of water, use cocoa butter or some really rich body lotion & lift weights. Adding muscle will help pump up your skin. Strength training is key!!!


You don't get stretch marks by losing weight. The stretch marks you have will fade a little bit and won't look too bad if you start using cocoa butter (it works for a lot of people).
I would worry more about loose skin - so lift weights!!!

Answer 4

Ingrid has a good answer.

I don't think anything will prevent your skin from sagging. But I agree with your 60 minutes of exercise, especially walking. My niece had GB and just had a 2nd operation to remove excess skin. If you email me, I will email you her address as she does not have internet yet. She just moved.

Good Luck

Answer 5

Get your tummy tuck surgery in India.Cosmetic Surgery is very cheap in India.There is one company that is very famous in India that arranges cosmetic surgery for foreigners in India.They are called the Forerunners Healthcare.I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and about their patient stories.

I have also read that they arrange financing for american and canadian patients as cosmetic surgery is not covered by insurance.They also have photos pasted of their International patients.You can checkout their website.The cost savings are incredible.

As a doctor i personally believe that your cosmetic surgery can be easily handled in India as the quality of healthcare available here is simply best in the world.The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.If you still havent got your surgery done,you are better off getting it done in India.

my cousin got her gastric bypass surgery last year in India--and this year got her tummy tuck surgery in India through the forerunners healthcare.she is more than very happy with the results.she just paid 30% of the amount she was quoted in USA and is all praise fore this forerunners healthcare company.i personally have seen the wondeful results and am particularly impressed with the kind of quality care she got from this company.I think she paid less than 10,000 USD for the gastric bypass and less than 5000 USD for the tummy tuck surgery

Source(s):
http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com

Answer 6

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Answer 7

my daughter -in - law had it done in march of 05 she weighed 397 lbs has lost 150 lbs she looks good still wants to loose more i think they told her she would have to have several cosmetic surgeries done after she looses all she wants i dont know about the exercise deal because she had bad back problems so she couldnt exercise at the beginning but she does some now she had hers done in georgetown kentucky we live in kentucky GOOD LUCK

Answer 8

if you are old and already wrinkled than no. you will be ruined for ever. my advice is getting a skin lift.