Why do obese people have more skin? What makes the skin grow more? Is is just fat on the outside?

Question

When you see those drastic transformations where people lose and keep off a ton of weight, they have to get the excess skin removed surgically. So it can “grow” or stretch but doesn’t “shrink”. Does the skin just stretch out a lot as fat grows inside the body?

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Skin can get permanently stretch out like ears with grommets or lips with plates, And skin is less elastic the older you are.