I was EXTREMELY lucky. After losing 170 pounds I have very little loose skin. I have some, but not as much as most others that have lost that amount. In talking to other people this is what factors into whether the skin snaps into place:
1) Age - the younger you are, the more elastic your skin is
2) How you lost the weight - I increased my exercise more than reduced my calories
3) Type of exercise - throughout my weight loss I was doing "boot camps" and "cardio kickboxing", both involved working the core
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Now when I was down in Milwaukee last month with other weight loss award winners, we got talking about loose skin. These people are already at the stage where they have lots of loose skin and can't go back and change what they did for their weight loss. So the women are having surgery for a "full body lift" and some of the men are getting tummy tucks. It's the only solution after the fact. Now, I was sitting at the table for "Eastern Canada" where people were telling me that most provinces will cover the surgery IF and ONLY IF there is some medical health risk to the skin; they won't do it if it is only cosmetic. So, for example, a fellow from Newfoundland said that he's gotten rashes and infections between the folds of skin.
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