When you get fat, do you make extra skin? People tjat were fat and got skinny usually have leftover skin. Is that skin they made when they were fat or is it stretched out skin?

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When you get fat, do you make extra skin? People tjat were fat and got skinny usually have leftover skin. Is that skin they made when they were fat or is it stretched out skin?

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If you lose weight slowly, the skin can more or less contract as you go. If you lose a lot of weight quickly, you end up with saggy bags of skin that just sort of hangs. It’s (somewhat risky) plastic surgery to remove it.

Best to lose weight slowly. Healthier too