Extra Skin

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I dropped a siginificant ammount of weight and cant seem to get rid of this extra skin around the area of my belly button and love handles, even on my bicep near my elbow. To be honest its fucking pissing me off because I bust my ass in the gym and my nutrition is for the most part in line yet I cant get a 6 pack and My love handles just hang there.

I currently am about 5’10 185 lbs and 18 years of age. A friend of mine has been telling me to “grow into the skin,” which would require me to bulk. Would that make it less noticeable? If not what could I do to make it go away?

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Post a pic. How could we tell otherwise? Are you extremely lean? Sub 10 % BF - down around 8 % or so?

If not, it may just be additional fat stores hanging on in the most stubborn area on most males - which is the umbilical donut.

Unless you were extremely obese, the likelihood of loose skin on an 18 year old is slim.

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I’m gonna post pics in a second. Well I was 240 pounds and ate like complete shit. Im talking waffles, syrup, french fries, everything deep fried, you get the idea. I cut down to 170 and lost a great deal of muscle cause i dieted poorly and than when i started eating right again i went up to 190.

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Its not thick like normal fat its like very “loose” lol

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Simple (NOT easy). Just work your ass off for the next 5-8 years and get yourself up to 230-240 and fill out that extra skin.

This IS a bodybuilding forum right?

Congrats on losing that weight and cleaning up the diet. Now is the time to really buckle down, put on the feedbag and hit the gym extra hard.

How old are you?

The younger you are (to a point) the easier this will be.

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Heavy deads and squats will fill you out down there

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There’s obviously still some fat there. Your skin is not an inch thick.

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I am currently 18 years old.

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Yeah, you still have some fat to loose there but the good news is that your age is on your side. More then likely the skin may tighten up on it’s own after you loose the fat.

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That is fat ~ not loose skin.

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I have the same thing to an extent, went from 220 and 5’3 to 140 and 5’8. now im 5’8 and 175, 13% bf. i think most of it is fat, but some is def skin

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[quote]slash4221 wrote:
I am currently 18 years old.[/quote]

Oh, great! You’re all set then. As others have said, there is some BF there as well. Skin only looks more like this…

Just do what I said above and you’ll be alright!

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Thanks

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im 185 now but even when I was down at 170 it was still there

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Oh man, derek, that picture is nasty