Get rid of flab after losing weight

Weight loss and sagging

Obesity generally increases the risk of many diseases and health problems, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, certain types of cancer, and respiratory disorders, and it also affects a person's quality of life. and can lead to depression, although all symptoms and consequences of obesity improve and disappear as soon as one loses weight and returns to the ideal weight.

but most of those who were obese and have lost much of their weight suffer from sagging skin which affects their appearance, and this sagging occurs due to the stretching of the skin with weight gain to make room Due to the increased cell growth in the abdominal and other regions, and when the skin is stretched tight and remains on it for a long time, the protein collagen, which constitutes 80% of the structure of the skin, gives it strength and cohesion, and the protein elastin responsible for the skin's elasticity and maintenance is lost. The skin is able to return to its normal position after weight loss, causing the excess body skin.

Get rid of flab after losing weight

natural methods

 Natural methods can help strengthen the skin and improve its elasticity in people with mild to moderate weight loss. These methods include:

• Perform resistance exercises: These exercises are considered one of the most effective ways to build muscle mass; It helps increase muscle mass and improve the appearance of loose skin.

•  Eating collagen: Hydrolyzed collagen is a form of collagen very similar to gelatin and is found in the connective tissues of animals. Studies indicate that it has properties that protect the skin's collagen. Hydrolyzed collagen can be found commercially in powder form, collagen can also be obtained naturally by consuming bone broth.

• Increase intake of certain nutrients: Certain nutrients help improve the production of collagen and other skin-beneficial compounds, including:

• Protein: Consuming adequate amounts of protein is important to maintain healthy skin, as certain amino acids such as lysine and proline play a major role in collagen production.

•  Vitamin C: The body needs vitamin C to make collagen, and this vitamin also protects against damage from sun exposure.

• Omega-3 fatty acids: their consumption increases the elasticity of the skin.

•  Water: Drinking enough water can improve the appearance of the skin.

•  Use of firming creams: Although these creams temporarily tighten the skin, the molecules of collagen and elastin are large and the skin cannot fully absorb them, so the body must make the collagen itself.

Medical and surgical methods

 It is usually necessary to resort to medical and surgical methods after significant weight loss, among which we mention the following:

• Body contouring operations: those who have already undergone bariatric surgery or who have lost a lot of weight from their body in other ways, resort to these operations, during which skin and excess fat are removed, and usually more than one surgery is performed. more than a year or two after weight loss, and these operations are proven to improve a person's quality of life.

• Non-surgical methods: These methods generally have a lower risk of complications, and these are techniques that use infrared, radio waves, and massage to reduce sagging skin, and other techniques that use ultrasound, and these techniques are:

• Thermite Technology: This technology uses radio waves; Where a very small probe is inserted under the skin under the influence of a local anesthetic into the area to be tightened, to deliver these waves which stimulate the skin to produce collagen, and can be used to tighten loose skin in the neck , jaw, upper arms, abdomen and thighs, and it is worth mentioning The tension resulting from this technique is often permanent.

• "EMSCULPT" technique: a technique used to strengthen the muscles of the abdomen and buttocks without exercise, and although it does not change the elasticity of the skin, it promotes muscle growth and improves its shape under the skin to appear tighter, and each session takes 30 minutes as a person may need at least four sessions, and although the results are permanent, they must undergo sessions to maintain them.