[Abstract] ... ... In many cases, weight loss is followed by the appearance of excessive skin. The most visible appearance of excessive skin is visible by rapid weight loss after obesity surgery.
It is a misconception that the appearance of flesh tissues is because of rapid weight loss, and the skin doesn’t have time to shrink. Usually, weight loss is followed by excessive skin/saggy flesh tissues, and this misleads us.
By observing the excessive skin on the body, we can notice that there is not only the skin, but also there is plenty of flesh beneath the skin.
Instead of using the term “excessive skin”, the more appropriate name would be “saggy fat tissues” or “saggy flesh tissues”.
The fat mass beneath the skin of the saggy fat/flesh tissues ranges from a few millimetres to a few centimetres thick.
The people who are affected with this condition can notice that when they are walking, on each step the saggy fat/flesh tissues are jiggling. The jiggling of the saggy fat/flesh tissues is a factor that maintains the fat mass and prevents the shrinking of the skin.....
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Biomechanics and Weight Loss – B/W Edition
Biomechanics and Weight Loss – Colour Edition
It is a misconception that the appearance of flesh tissues is because of rapid weight loss, and the skin doesn’t have time to shrink. Usually, weight loss is followed by excessive skin/saggy flesh tissues, and this misleads us.
By observing the excessive skin on the body, we can notice that there is not only the skin, but also there is plenty of flesh beneath the skin.
Instead of using the term “excessive skin”, the more appropriate name would be “saggy fat tissues” or “saggy flesh tissues”.
The fat mass beneath the skin of the saggy fat/flesh tissues ranges from a few millimetres to a few centimetres thick.
The people who are affected with this condition can notice that when they are walking, on each step the saggy fat/flesh tissues are jiggling. The jiggling of the saggy fat/flesh tissues is a factor that maintains the fat mass and prevents the shrinking of the skin.....
...... [The full text of this article is in the Book]
Biomechanics and Weight Loss – B/W Edition
Biomechanics and Weight Loss – Colour Edition
