Loose Skin After Weight Loss: Causes and Prevention Strategies

This video is part 1 of my video series about avoiding loose skin or reducing it through fasting, autophagy, exercise, nutrition, and skin therapies.

In this video, Dr. O explains the causes of loose skin and the biggest risk factors for having loose skin after weight loss.

Here is Part 2 of the series:

Here is Part 3:

Here are links to my current courses:

My bestselling 6.5-hour course about Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss:

6-hour course called Weight Loss Booster: Better Sleep For Faster Weight Loss. This link will take you to the full course:

Medical and Health Disclaimer:

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[dimakigulah]

I have lost more than 35kg from 106kg I do have loose skin but I don't care about it really. I am happy I am off high blood pressure

[RootlessWanderer]

I lost over 200lbs and now deal with so much lose skin that I don’t even feel thin. My clothes do not fit me properly. I feel cheated. I did the work. I kept it off for over 7 years now. But instead of feeling great?!? I get yeast infections between the folds and no matter how often I shower I still stink. The skin is hanging off of me and here in Canada skin surgery after massive weight loss is no longer covered. I saw a plastic surgeon and was told I would need to pay 10, 000.00 to remove all of my excess skin. I am 50 years old and suffer from psoriatic arthritis. I am not wanting to parade around the beach in a bikini. I simply want to not feel pain from the pull (gravity) of the skin. It hurts and looks terrible. I am going to watch these videos now, in hopes of another way to reduce the skin (and subsequent issues) and improve my quality of life. Thank you in advance! 🙏

[Invisible.fatty]

For this series I would love to hear more about dry brushing, lymphatic massage, microneedling, and Vit C & Vit E applied topically

[metrini]

My arms and legs were the biggest parts of me when I was 500+lbs I wear my loose skin proudly. I worked darn hard to lose over half the weight. I went through the whole fear of getting loose skin if I lost weight but I got over it and knew I preferred my health.

[CynthiaHStringer]

Yes please speak to the use of red light therapy, dry skin brushing, and skin oiling.

[melanie]

High fat and protein with no carbs seems to eat up my excess skin.

[Joxxol]

I'm about 145 pounds into a 200 pound weight loss. Loose skin posses a problem for staying dry in areas. A lot of extra skin also confuses setting a specific weight goal and determining skeletal muscle/fat mass ratio in order to calculate daily fat loss limit.

[DuffMan.]

I needed to hear this. Ive lost 170 lbs since Jan 10th. Got some skin Im thinking of removing. Currently 190 lbs.

[danielouelletteevans]

This is a great video Frank! I started your program about a year ago and I lost 80 pounds! Lucky I didn't have any loose skin after I lost the weight.. Thank you Frank..

[Dee-]

Gosh, I’m just finding you as I’ve started adf. So much information! Thank you! And thank you for being such a kind and compassionate human being. Great energy!

[bassman]

Congratulations on your weight loss Frank! I really enjoyed your video and thank you for making it! Quick story about be I was 5-8 and 333 lbs about a year ago and have tried and failed several diets including slow carb! The past year I started doing a fasting diet and I have 60 lbs and I feel great and I’m trying to get to a healthy weight that I can maintain! If I do cheat on my days off I minimize the amount of carbs and sugar I eat! I still need to have a life and be part of my families life, like have a sliver of cake on somebody’s birthday! I’m never putting the weight back on you couldn’t pay me a million dollars to gain back all the weight I lost, that’s how determined I am to keep it off! 2 years ago I had a bunch of health problems like bad back pain, sciatica, knee pain and too many other symptoms to list! A doctor told me the best thing I can do is loose weight and worst thing I can do is nothing, Thank God I took that to heart and listened! Thanks again for the video frank i enjoyed it and you got a new subscriber!

I will add on my days off I’ve gotten into a keto style diet so I can learn to make healthier meals throughout the week because I love to cook and eat!

[sciencelover]

Speaking of skin health, you look at least 10 years younger than you did in your before pictures. Thanks for bringing us on the journey

[ThePrsRtst]

I was excited to hear about your grandfather being in Romania! I lived there for 8 years as a missionary. 🇷🇴 You mentioned the city he was in: Ploiesti. The Romanian pronunciation is: “ploy-esht”. Just thought I’d share that. Thanks for your work!!

[barbstevenson]

Wow. Thank you for baring your soul to us, doc. You are a treasure

[barbaramaxwell]

Thank you for all the important information!

[daviddonnelly]

Lost 55 kgs over 2-3 years on Keto. Am 67 YO. Loose skin under my arms ('batwings') and lower stomach and a small amount on upper thighs. Light physical workouts and running most every day. Do daily IF religiously (min 18 hr fasting) for autophagy primarily to correct this loose skin issue but seeing little improvement. Continue to lose 1-2 kgs a month on Ketovore so weight loss maintained even improved. Assume autophagy not significantly impacting loose skin is age related with me. Not really exceptionally upset by the loose skin except when at the pool and/or beach - much happier with my new body contours and much improved health markers across the board - but obviously would really like the loose skin to disappear. This vid was informative; I look forward to your follow-on vids in this series. Thank You!

[Eclectic_RN]

Wah! I want part II and III right now! Excellent video, thank you.

[charlye]

This was the best video I have come across that gives great info about loose skin and weight loss. I have lost a little over 100lbs and I've been worried about loose skin, but more so on my thighs. I have slowed down a bit on the weight loss but I want to lose at least 25 more pounds. I'm interested to see your next video about this collagen.

[carolynbrooks-luckett]

God bless 🙏🏽 Your videos are so helpful to me and I am grateful. I have lost 120lbs and have loose skin and you are a good person for sharing with all of us. Thank you 😊

[LumpySpacePrince]

You do fantastic videos, that i know take alot of work. Thank you and great job man.