If you lost a lot of weight, did you experience these weird body issues?

[Anonymous]

- increased body/face skin dryness/itchiness. Maybe caused by extra/loose skin?
- facial (especially forehead) wrinkles that seemed to pop up out of nowhere (from fat loss). did you do anything about them?
- menstrual changes. for YEARS mine came on a Thursday night (while on the pill). Now it comes a day and a half earlier, like clockwork. Why??

I feel like there are other things I've experienced that are weird, but can't think of them. If you lost a large chunk of weight, did you experience any weird (but not really dangerous) health/body things that you think were related?

I'm in my early 30s, and find myself considering botox (despite generally hating the shit people do cosmetically). I do use sunscreen, wear hats, and don't spend large amounts of time in the sun - but I think I lost a lot of forehead fat (weird as that sounds) that seems to have really sped up the process.

There are lots of benefits to losing weight (and being fit), but there are definitely some down sides that people don't really talk about...

[Anonymous]

When I lose 10 lbs, I definitely notice it in my face, I look more haggard and wrinkles are pronounced. Are you on a rigorous diet where you aren't eating balanced meals, because you might have a deficiency causing the itchy dry skin. My hair used to fall out when I was on the South Beach diet.
Now I am practicing portion control only and not having that problem.

I've also talked to people who develop back pain when they lose large amounts of weight. Yes the extra weight puts more strain on the back, but it can also act as a cushion to prevent strain.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I notice wrinkles in my face. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

My face shows more wrinkles when I'm very thin. Also, my feet shrunk. All of a sudden all of my shoes were too big. I was cold more often and my ass and back
hurt from sitting because I had less fat!!

[Anonymous]

Definitely cold more often and uncomfortable sitting on hard chairs for long periods of time because of less cushion.

[Anonymous]

Haha, I did not have stretch marks till I lost 20lb.

If you lose a lot more, you might consider surgery to get rid of loose skin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haha, I did not have stretch marks till I lost 20lb.

If you lose a lot more, you might consider surgery to get rid of loose skin.

Did you get stretch marks from losing weight? How does that happen?

[Anonymous]

Yup. It's why I purposefully gained back the weight. I had lost 20 pounds and I looked at pictures of my face before the weight loss and I didn't want to age. I know my face is better than my body, skinny or not, so I decided that was the priority. Botox is a good option too.