To Sara of Fit by Sara: “I’m very athletic and would be considered fit, but when I lift up my shirt you’ll see a bunch of loose skin left over after having my 3rd child. Is there any remedies besides surgery for extra skin?”
From Fit by Sara: “Extra skin is a concern for many moms. Extra skin happens when we either loose a lot of weight quickly or as your case, your skin had to stretch when pregnant. I recently did an article about extra skin for LIVESTRONG.com about remedies for extra skin and found that staying hydrated and using certain creams can help to reduce the appearance of loose skin (click here to read the article: Saggy Skin). In my experience extra skin may “appear” smaller with proper hydration and products, but it doesn’t fully go away. In which case you can view your extra skin as an honorary badge of being a mother or if it really bothers you, you can opt for surgery to remove the extra skin.” -Sara Holliday MFT, CPT