In recent years, it has become fashionable to combine the concepts of "maintaining a figure in order" and "weight loss". Everyone is losing weight. However, there are indeed cases of the need to reduce weight. If a person is significantly overweight due to overeating or other reasons, then, of course, he needs to lose weight.
The problem that concerns everyone who wants to quickly lose extra pounds
If the weight before its reduction was too great, then often at the end of the process there is an unpleasant picture of sagging skin. How to be?
Sagging skin after losing weight is the number one problem. Because it is very difficult to call such a figure put in order.
Today, almost every lady knows how to lose weight, what is right and what is not. Therefore, those who really need to reduce weight are diligently set to work. And here is the long-awaited result. The scales showed the right number. But the next trouble came, even more difficult than the first - sagging skin after losing weight.
What to do? Turning to your friends for advice, you can try different ways to tighten sagging skin. But if the resultnot happy, the body was covered with ugly friability, then you should think about the correct methods of tightening it.
Causes of excess skin
What if saggy skin after losing weight? What to do? These questions are asked by everyone who has encountered such a problem.
Of course, if a woman is young, overweight is not critical, then after losing 5-10 kilograms, the skin will not become saggy. She will quickly acquire the necessary tone and come into line with the figure. In young people, metabolic processes occur quite quickly, so the kilograms will go away quickly and unnoticed, and there will be no consequences for the he alth and appearance of the body. And for women of mature age, from forty and above, the task of losing weight is very difficult. Metabolic processes slow down, fat is deposited in the most problematic places, and it is extremely difficult to expel it from there.
That is why many, in order to speed up this process, which in the normal course may not give negative results for appearance and he alth, try to force events and resort to enhanced weight loss measures. The result of this is usually that extra skin appears. Wrinkles appear on the body. Since often on diets there is dehydration of tissues and the disappearance of the subcutaneous layer of fat.
The fact is that when losing weight, especially self-thought out, the body loses many of the substances necessary for its normal activity. Among them, there are those that just help to maintain the necessary firmness and elasticity in the skin. Disproportionate and improperly organizedphysical exercise. The result of these rash methods will be excess skin.
It most often appears in such cases on the abdomen, thighs and forearms. Human skin is quite soft and, if necessary, perfectly stretches. But, unfortunately, the reverse process is very difficult for her, and sometimes it is impossible without the use of special measures.
Recommendations
If sagging skin has formed after losing weight, then corrective measures should be taken. Although, of course, it is best to prevent sagging during the actual process of losing weight. After all, everyone knows that any problem, including he alth problems, is much easier to prevent than to treat the consequences.
So that the skin does not become sagging after losing weight, you need to follow a few simple rules:
1. You should not lose weight quickly and at once for many kilograms. This is extremely harmful to he alth, and flabby skin will definitely become. Normal weight loss is allowed no more than one and a half kilograms per week.
2. In the process of losing weight, observing the diet, it is necessary to take vitamin and mineral complexes, choose a diet with the most balanced nutrient content. And be sure to drink plenty of water or other liquids, up to two liters a day. Women over forty fluid intake should be concentrated in the first thirds of the day. Do not do this at night. Otherwise, there will be swelling, which will not contribute to the elasticity of the cover, but on the contrary, flabby skin will appear.
3. Alsoyou should use additional means to nourish the skin. Wraps, saunas, the use of nourishing masks. All this will help to maintain a balance in the skin and subcutaneous fat.4. And be sure to pick up moderate in age and strength of physical activity. Swimming, walking, ball games, morning and afternoon warm-ups are very good.
But if the moment of prevention is missed and sagging skin appears after losing weight, then you will have to get rid of the consequences by special methods. How to act? Let's figure it out now.
Sagging skin after weight loss. What to do?
If in the process of losing weight, the weight has not decreased by a large number of kilograms, then it is quite possible to use massage, body wraps. Very good underwater massage. When immersing the body in water, it is necessary to make massaging movements not only on the body, but also on the inner layer of water. This will help to painlessly and gently make the skin firmer and more supple.
Beauty salons offer mesotherapy. That is, inject tightening substances under the skin that will help saturate the skin with smoothing elements. Such sessions usually require a few, about five or six. But some ladies do not accept discomfort from injections and subsequent small bruises. But if there is sagging skin on the hands, mainly on the forearms on the inside, then perhaps this temporary defect should be ignored.
Vacuum massage
Vacuum massage can also help. The skin is pulled in under the influence of vacuum, massaged in this state, very quicklybecomes elastic and taut. The only place where it is problematic to do it is sagging skin on the face. Here the Tri Lipo Body method will be applicable, that is, exposure to radio frequencies that affect muscle contraction and also tighten the skin. This procedure is painless and does not leave any marks on the body, which is very important for performing it on the face.
Sauna
It is also worth resorting to an infrared sauna. It will help both in eliminating the consequences of losing weight, and as a preventive measure during the weight loss process. It is also used by those who are desperately struggling with cellulite. Of course, you should not refuse a regular sauna either.
Bathhouse
The bath is generally good for the skin, saturating its composition with steam and correcting the water balance. In addition, a large amount of sweat is released from the body in the steam room, while not causing dehydration of the body, which also contributes to weight loss itself. But there are he alth restrictions. In the presence of diseases of the heart, blood vessels, this method should be used very carefully. It is also forbidden to visit baths and saunas during menstruation and in the treatment of inflammatory gynecological diseases.
Wraps
You can also carry out self-wraps. They can be made with honey, mustard, chocolate and pepper - these are hot wraps. Cold procedures include procedures with algae, clay, mud, oils.
You just need to apply the composition to the body, wrap these places with cling film and wrap yourself in a warm blanket. So hold on a fewminutes (30-40), after which everything is washed off the skin with warm water. These procedures are definitely not suitable for women who have sagging skin after childbirth. It is worth taking such measures soon after the discovery of the problem, and at first the young mother is still breastfeeding the baby and she herself is still quite weakened. Therefore, in this case, underwater massage is highly recommended. It can be done in the bathroom or while visiting the pool, which is not forbidden to nursing mothers.
Food
Also, do not forget about good nutrition, even despite diets. Be sure to eat foods rich in vitamins and minerals. It will not interfere with weight loss, but will help saturate the body with the necessary substances for speedy recovery and no consequences of losing weight.
Citruses, berries rich in vitamin C, B, vegetables containing potassium will help to make the skin supple, increase immunity, which also affects the restoration of water-fat balance. Oatmeal, liver dishes are also rich in B vitamins, which are important for the nervous system. After all, it is she who regulates the state of the body and increases its tone.
Meat, fish, legumes contain a lot of protein. And this is the "building material" for the cells of the body.
Dairy products will saturate the cells with vitamin PP, which is very important for the skin itself, its composition and tone. These are milk, and cheeses, and dairy products. It also contains vitamin E, the so-called vitamin of youth. It is also used to makecosmetic anti-aging products.
Physical exercise
And, of course, never forget the benefits of exercise. Strengthening the muscles will perfectly help tone the skin. Exercises for the press will be required if the problem is with the skin on the abdomen. It is not necessary to pump the press to exhaustion. You can just do deep torso in different directions.
The muscles around the entire circumference of the torso will tighten and tighten the skin. You can also do tilts in a sitting position. Scissors exercises are good for tightening the skin on the legs and arms. They can also be done in different directions to engage different muscle groups in those areas. With the formation of a second chin, circular deep rotations of the head and neck are suitable. Squats, walking and short runs will help tone the whole body, saturate it with oxygen, which is very useful for muscle tone, and they strengthen the skin.
Facial exercises
There are also exercises for the face if traces of flabbiness and sagging are visible on it. The most effective is massage. But not quite in the usual sense of the word. Massage with facial expressions. You can build the most terrible and unimaginable faces, the muscles of the face will strengthen and tighten the skin. Facial expressions should be strengthened in the area of the mouth and eyes. Intense blinking, squinting and maximum eye opening. You can make similar movements with your mouth. Or you can take a pencil in your mouth and actively move it with your lips in different directions. This will train the muscles of the cheeks and around the mouth and nose area. The skin will be smoothed, which means it will become more youthful. Well, direct facial massage can also be done by patting, stroking the entire surface. To soften this procedure, it is good to use a cream rich in vitamins C and E.
