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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My doctor talked with me about the medicine and shared some of her experiences with patients.  She has one patient who lost close to 100 pounds, said that patient is very happy and feels great with the weight loss and is no longer on the drug.  The caveat with this patient is she has to work out 2 hours a day (think Kylie Richards with all her workout photos) and she eats nothing to keep it off.  So she still has the unhealthy food habits and has to control them, also, [b]she loss the weight so quickly she has an incredible amount of loose skin[/b] that will need to be surgically fixed.   Several other patients used the drug and lost upwards of forty pounds, and every last one of them regained the weight as soon as they went off the drug.  Most stop using the drugs because of side affects, one had serious hair loss.  She things it is not a magical fix and unless you are going to make drastic changes and commit to a rigorous workout routine you will not have lasting success.  She supports the drug for some, but asked me, since she knows my health standards and the way I feel about long term medicines, to consider for a month if I really want to go on something that is a hit or miss.  [/quote]

Please understand that there is no rate of loss that will not result in loose skin after a 100 lb loss. Losing 100 lbs is the problem. Not how fast a person loses it. [/quote]

I’m not sure if there is a correlation between rate of loss and loose skin. I’ve been down to around 165  from a high of 275-280 (I never checked at the top end). I’m now around 180 and very low body fat. I have a very small amount of loose skin below my belly button. That’s it. But I’m also a 42 yr old man, and I was carrying a lot of muscle even at my heaviest, I expect.

The little bit of loose skin used to bother me. My derm said she didn’t even notice when doing my first skin survey. I don’t even think about it anymore. I wouldn’t worry about loose skin as it rates to weight loss. [/quote]

You’re lucky. Congratulations on the loss and the good genes for skin elasticity. [/quote]

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