Weight loss drugs - don't you look rough after losing so fast?

[Anonymous]

I keep reading about people who drop large amounts of weight quite fast. Doesn't that mess up your skin?

I'm obese and I guess any weight loss is better and healthier than none (none is what I've got now despite all the apps and plans). But I am worried it would leave me wrinkled and saggy.

[Anonymous]

Loose skin depends mostly on skin/collagen quality from genetics and age. And of course amount of weight lost. It has almost nothing to do with rate of loss. I could lose half a pound a month and my skin will still sag like hell because I gained so much weight so fast during puberty it just wrecked my skin. I’m only 31 too.

[Anonymous]

I think most of us who are obese and are trying to lose weight are mostly concerned about our blood sugar, blood pressure, something like that. Appearance-wise I’d rather look thin and wrinkly. But if your health is good and you don't want to be wrinkly, just don’t lose weight. Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

It’s a myth that speed of loss is the reason for skin sagging or not sagging.

[Anonymous]

I didn't know that! Thanks
- OP

[Anonymous]

Np, I had the gastric sleeve at 40 in 2018. I was 214, 5'6 on the day of surgery, and I dropped 85 lbs. I've gained about 7 back.

The most dramatic changes are in my face. I have smile lines that weren't previously there and a crepey neck. I look 100 times better than I did before, and I am super happy that I had the surgery, though. I am considering fillers for the lines.

[Anonymous]

You don't automatically drop weight super quickly on drugs like Mounjaro or Saxenda, etc....I went back on Saxenda and lows carb seriously about a month and a half ago after regaining all of the weight I'd lost the last time. I will always be fat unless I can stop eating carbs, and I always give in eventually because life sucks without carbs. I started over 200 pounds. So, it's not like I'm 120 and didn't have much to lose. But I have never been under 160 in my adult life, and that was right before my wedding.

I lost about 10 pounds super quickly--like in the first 2 weeks. Mostly water. Then it's been about a pound a week. I'm in my later 40s. I've definitely been eating under 1,500 calories a day--usually less. So, it's not like these drugs will just melt weight off your body. They just make it easier not to give in to cravings and make better choices.