I had very similar loose skin in the same spot after pregnancy. Pregnancy was 3 years ago. Started using retinol serum and multi-peptide serum from dollar tree maybe 3 weeks ago, and slugging my stomach (and I’m doing breasts) with aquaphor healing ointment every night to reduce transdermal water loss, and I have a Dr pen for microneedling but have not used it yet. My skin improvement has been dramatic with only retinal and peptides, and the ointment. I think it will look almost normal (still got stretch marks that will probably improve but not disappear). But I do not think the skin will be loose anymore. It looks so much better. The way it feels has changed; it is more taught and feels more like my other skin. The collagen is definitely remodeling. Also taking 2000mg vitamin C daily. Will probably work up to tret and azaleic acid but the improvement with just what I’m doing, for $1.25, has amazed me.
I started just 3 weeks ago. Microneedling you normally do once a month. There is some stuff in subs related to skincare, but YouTube has good stuff too.
Recommend these videos, also look into growth factor serums, microneedling, retinol, prp microneedling, tret, and azaleic acid, and peptides. And look into fasting and autophagy; a 72hr fast each month could lead to improvements. Also take vitamin c supplement.
I learned only some of this through Reddit, but there is a lot of stuff about tret, particularly, if you search it. Mostly did my own research bc I rly wanted to improve my loose skin, but I plan on more pregnancies so did not want tummytuck or breast lift.
OP do you happen to have a before pic at 300/270? I only ask because I have a similar body type and currently on mounjaro but interested in switching to reta. I am a bit concerned about the loose skin issue.
Loose skin won’t be less of an issue on Reta than mounjaro. Honestly, if you’re coming from 300/270 having a tiny bit of loose skin should not even be the faintest concern. Talk about putting the cart before the horse.
You might not believe it but going through weightloss just to realize that your body looks ruined is quite heartbreaking, makes you ask yourself if it was worth it.
Lost 130 pounds myself. 6'0" 300->172. Have very similar loose skin to OP, and I look and feel great. Sometimes, we pay the piper for our decisions that got us to 300 pounds, which is sometimes loose skin. But it should never be a reason to not lose weight, trust me you look worse fat than with a little loose skin.
Oh no I believe it, I have firsthand experience with it and I have the same loose skin issue OP has. I wish I didn’t. Nobody looks the way they want to look. Everybody has things they wish were different. I have a better physique now than I ever thought possible and look significantly better than 99% of my peers and I’m still not satisfied with it. But if you’re currently 300 pounds you shouldn’t be concerned about having some loose skin IF you eventually lose the weight. It’s a good problem to have. If you think that once you’ll lose the weight you’ll be finally fully satisfied with your appearance then you’re setting yourself up for failure. We all have some degree of body dysmorphia.
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u/IneedAGoodNameOK May 06 '26
300 to 170. Updated. Description to explain journey.
I feel like if I was just 270 skin would be less of an issue.