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What can you do to prevent excess skin after weight loss?
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Excess skin: You cannot do anything to prevent excess skin after significant weight loss.
Answered 10/3/2020
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Slow weight loss: Slow loss of wt like a maximum 1lb a week may be fine.if you lose weight more rapidly sagging skin is more of a problem
Answered 1/5/2019
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