So I'm not fat it's skin....this sucks

[FrancisK]

I've always had terribly protruding love handles, my entire family has them we joke about it. Even my older sister who is tiny and has always been tiny has them. Even when I was a 70lb lighter anorexic college wrestler doing cardio 3 times a day and couldn't gain size to save my life I had them. They were smaller because my body was smaller but I still had them and was always embarrassed by them

I've tried everything to burn fat and get rid of them, psmf, keto, fasting, gh, dnp, clen....I could go on and on I've tried it all. Always just thought I wasn't doing enough and I wasn't disciplined enough. Mind you I didn't want to be Frank Zane I just didn't want to be embarrassed by them and be uncomfortable wearing anything with a tight waist that had to hang under them with them sticking out.

I knew liposuction was an option but again just always thought I was fat and lazy so I didn't want to take the easy way, just had to work harder plus I didn't want to have surgery. Well this past January I finally had the hernia surgery I've been putting off for years and the recovery wasn't bad at all. That kinda made me think well hey life is short I'm tired of living like this constantly worried about my love handles sticking out of my clothes, let alone with my shirt off, and being uncomfortable so screw it let's do this.

I decided I would get it done in January when my business slows down and the holidays are over. I started scheduling consultations with doctors, had my first one today.

Turns out I'm not fat, it's just skin....so I'm just screwed.

He said there wasn't any fat to suck out, there was a little on my belly but virtually none on my back and love handles. Lipsosuction won't do anything for them, my only option is to pull them down and have a disgusting scar running all along my lower back, along my sides and even going half way to my lower abdomen. Like a tummy tuck but on my back and sides.

I honestly can't begin to describe how frustrated I am, all these years I had it wrong and it's even worse than I thought.

I don't even know why I'm typing this I guess just venting. Anyone ever had one of these surgeries done for skin? Not even sure if I'm seriously considering it.....just kinda devastated. No matter how much hard work I put in there isn't anything I can do...fucken chugs dick.

 

[Bio]

Post a picture of the mid section. Most of us are harder on ourselves than deserved. Do you have wider hips?

 

[3BILLS]

Don't worry. I'm sure your still fat to

Life isn't fair bro. Just enjoy whatever you got.

I'm sure it doesn't look to bad. Everyone eventually gets loose skin. Cutler has some.

 

[cage99]

If it bothered me that much I’d still do the surgery…. With today’s surgical techniques I bet the scar wouldn’t be that bad. Plus there’s many ways to lighten up the scar! I wouldn’t hesitate but that’s just me!

Cage

 

[FrancisK]

Post a picture of the mid section. Most of us are harder on ourselves than deserved. Do you have wider hips?

I know Bio, we all have some amount of body dysmorphia here. But this is different in that it's physically uncomfortable to say for example wear jeans or a suit because I either have to belt the pants on my love handles and they slip down so I'm always pulling them up or I have to belt them below the love handles and then I look like an idiot sagging my pants and the skin hangs over them.

I'll have someone take a picture from my back side tomorrow of them, from the front it just seems like I'm being dramatic and I'm telling you I'm really not.

 

[3BILLS]

I know Bio, we all have some amount of body dysmorphia here. But this is different in that it's physically uncomfortable to say for example wear jeans or a suit because I either have to belt the pants on my love handles and they slip down so I'm always pulling them up or I have to belt them below the love handles and then I look like an idiot sagging my pants and the skin hangs over them.

I'll have someone take a picture from my back side tomorrow of them, from the front it just seems like I'm being dramatic and I'm telling you I'm really not.

Suspenders

 

[FrancisK]

Suspenders

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Haha you joke but...

 

[3BILLS]

Haha you joke but...

Jokes a side I have some to bro. It does suck

 

[SouthernMuscle]

@FrancisK I’m genuinely confused because it doesn’t sound like you were a fat kid and this is excess skin due to stretch marks etc. It sounds like your normal skin in that area is just too much?

 

[FrancisK]

@FrancisK I’m genuinely confused because it doesn’t sound like you were a fat kid and this is excess skin due to stretch marks etc. It sounds like your normal skin in that area is just too much?

No I wasn't a fat kid at all actually quite the opposite and sure ive been out of shape but never been overly fat, the doc said he's seen it before and said it's just genetics. Always thought I was just too fat and lazy I needed to work harder and be more disciplined. Not really making me feel better that it wasn't the case all along....

So either just be uncomfortable with them forever or trade them in for a horrendous scar and a terrible surgery....outstanding.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

I'm 51. I tell you where I can tell it is my ass. Yes I know I'm gonna catch hell for a man looking at his own ass in the mirror. Even though I can still squat 500 atg and drop set 225 for 25-30 my ass has gotten a little sag under the cheeks. I HATE it. I think its so annoying to me because its my first sign of "yeh you getting older". Its like yeh you're starting to get "old mans ass". Makes me want to vomit. Lol

 

[SouthernMuscle]

No I wasn't a fat kid at all actually quite the opposite and sure ive been out of shape but never been overly fat, the doc said he's seen it before and said it's just genetics. Always thought I was just too fat and lazy I needed to work harder and be more disciplined. Not really making me feel better that it wasn't the case all along....

Well shit. Only thing I can think of is to gain a good amount of torso muscle mass including on your abs to take up the slack

 

[FrancisK]

Well shit. Only thing I can think of is to gain a good amount of torso muscle mass including on your abs to take up the slack

I'll have someone get a pic tomorrow you'll see what I'm talking about

 

[AllLoadedUp]

I've always had terribly protruding love handles, my entire family has them we joke about it. Even my older sister who is tiny and has always been tiny has them. Even when I was a 70lb lighter anorexic college wrestler doing cardio 3 times a day and couldn't gain size to save my life I had them. They were smaller because my body was smaller but I still had them and was always embarrassed by them

I've tried everything to burn fat and get rid of them, psmf, keto, fasting, gh, dnp, clen....I could go on and on I've tried it all. Always just thought I wasn't doing enough and I wasn't disciplined enough. Mind you I didn't want to be Frank Zane I just didn't want to be embarrassed by them and be uncomfortable wearing anything with a tight waist that had to hang under them with them sticking out.

I knew liposuction was an option but again just always thought I was fat and lazy so I didn't want to take the easy way, just had to work harder plus I didn't want to have surgery. Well this past January I finally had the hernia surgery I've been putting off for years and the recovery wasn't bad at all. That kinda made me think well hey life is short I'm tired of living like this constantly worried about my love handles sticking out of my clothes, let alone with my shirt off, and being uncomfortable so screw it let's do this.

I decided I would get it done in January when my business slows down and the holidays are over. I started scheduling consultations with doctors, had my first one today.

Turns out I'm not fat, it's just skin....so I'm just screwed.

He said there wasn't any fat to suck out, there was a little on my belly but virtually none on my back and love handles. Lipsosuction won't do anything for them, my only option is to pull them down and have a disgusting scar running all along my lower back, along my sides and even going half way to my lower abdomen. Like a tummy tuck but on my back and sides.

I honestly can't begin to describe how frustrated I am, all these years I had it wrong and it's even worse than I thought.

I don't even know why I'm typing this I guess just venting. Anyone ever had one of these surgeries done for skin? Not even sure if I'm seriously considering it.....just kinda devastated. No matter how much hard work I put in there isn't anything I can do...fucken chugs dick.

Bio is completely right. Post a picture. No one is as hard on ourselves as ourselves. I bet most of use would be like "that's nothing". BUT its a big deal to YOU. So ultimately you have to be comfortable with it regardless of what anyone else says or thinks.

 

[Biggerp73]

You could have a tattoo done over the scar, or even have the doctor make the incision zig zag like a lightning bolt or something like that so it looks kinda cool.

The other option is micro-coring. It takes away something like 10% of the skin, no scars. You would just need to do several treatments.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

Don't worry. I'm sure your still fat to

Life isn't fair bro. Just enjoy whatever you got.

I'm sure it doesn't look to bad. Everyone eventually gets loose skin. Cutler has some.

I was watching one of his vids not long ago. And he was in the gym and doing some dumbbell lunges he made a comment about he was getting older and wanted to keep his glutes tight. I can relate to that. I think its just that area is really hard to keep the skin tight as you age regardless of how muscular the glutes are themselves. My sisters have always made fun of mine that it stuck out so much you could sit a bucket on it. Now at 51 its starting to get a little sag under the cheeks. Sucks.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

You could have a tattoo done over the scar, or even have the doctor make the incision zig zag like a lightning bolt or something like that so it looks kinda cool.

The other option is micro-coring. It takes away something like 10% of the skin, no scars. You would just need to do several treatments.

Tattoo is a great idea.

 

[Orville Shreddenbacher]

Go for the surgery! Life's too short to be uncomfortable like that , you could take your shirt off and nobody would see the scar anyways. My wife got a tummy tuck , she had loose skin after 2 kids . The scar is almost nonexistent, she did the cocobutter and vitamin e lotions while it was healing . She s way happier now .

 

[Biggerp73]

Tattoo over tummy tuck scar

 

[Biggerp73]

Micro-coring explained