Question

Do you ever look at weight loss pictures of people or yourself and think they looked better and/or younger before losing weight? Please tell me it isn't just me? Don't get me wrong, we are all better off without the extra weight!  

Answer 1

Sometimes I think if my face was fatter, it wouldn't be so wrinkled and my turkey neck wouldn't be so bad. But then I realize how much healthier I am after losing 170+ lbs., so it's okay to have the wrinkles I guess.  

Comments

@surcease2724 you look amazing !  

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@surcease2724 you look incredible!  

Answer 2

No pictures, but I know that with age that skin just doesn’t “snap back “

Answer 3

I notice aging on mine

Answer 4

Yes it’s because at times people’s face where fuller when we are more plump ‍♀️‍♀️it’s smooths wrinkles! Ugh!  

Answer 5

Yes. For me my face looks younger with weight on it.  

Answer 6

Absolutely. Unfortunately losing a LOT of weight makes some people look older/worse. That’s a big reason why I’m personally not setting my weightloss goal to “skeletor” ‍♀️

Answer 7

Not usually unless someone gets REALLY thin and looks sickly.  

Answer 8

Yep. Most people look younger with a plumper face.  

Answer 9

Yes, I have a colleague who lost 82 pounds in six and a half months. She looks 20 years older.  

Answer 10

Totally. myself included! Weight loss aged my face quite a bit imo

Answer 11

Yes, because the wrinkles are no longer puffed out by the fat, it sucks, but pick your suck, you know?  

Answer 12

All the time

Answer 13

I have thought that.  

Answer 14

I had no wrinkles until the fat started coming off now I’ve got lots of them but I’m sure I’m a lot healthier so it’s just one of those things

Answer 15

I think my body looks better but feel like my face aged !  

Answer 16

I think a lot of problems with weight loss is caused by the look of the loose flabby skin many people are left with. Wrinkles appear when the face goes thinner because the fat plumped them out and these wrinkles age the person. The flabby skin on the tummy etc never tightens up and has to be surgically cut away at quite a cost because it can't be done on the NHS.  

Answer 17

I’m glad you asked! I have thought that about myself as well as some of the photos I’ve seen! There was a post the other day and I almost commented on how beautiful she was on the before photo even though the weight loss was definitely noticeable

Answer 18

Yes, I've noticed it as well. However I'm sure they are healthier and feel great!  

Answer 19

Yes. My younger sister lost quite a bit and I always feel like I'm being b*tchy for thinking it makes her look older, but her features look so gaunt now.  

Answer 20

Drew Carey looks weird thin!  

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@zantos yes! B

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@zantos and Al Roker!  

Answer 21

Yes, My Nieces both look sooo much older thin. Prettier when they were heavy

Answer 22

Yes because their face ages with the weight loss

Answer 23

No How they feel is the only answer

Answer 24

That’s exactly why I’m not going with the weight I should be according to the charts. I lost @55 lbs and maintained for a year, working out and seeing how much my skin tightened up. Now I’m going to lose 10 more and see what I think. If I look old I will seriously put the weight back on, lol.  

Answer 25

Yes, with me the extra weight on my face fills out the wrinkles  

Answer 26

I now have crepey skin on arms- more wrinkles visible on face- and I lost just 25 lbs - but I’m 68 yrs old

Answer 27

Well I guess I won't be posting and progress pics here haha

Comments

@stool well I think people look healthier and happier so post away ♥️

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@stool post pics, i think everyone who wants to should because you should be proud of your hard work. i'm proud of myself but i am seeing the loss of lbs aging me. I won't let that thought sabotage my progress though. i really didn't want to sound "judgy" when I asked it but I'm glad i'm not the only one that thinks it is slightly true in some cases.  

Answer 28

Well. It takes time to lose weight. So you are technically going to be older from the first heavier picture to the 2nd lighter picture.  

Answer 29

Yes it happens to some people. With people I've noticed it on, it is when they lose the weight fast. Their skin doesn't have enough time to snap back. It is why I am taking it slow, staying hydrated and eating a little dairy on a daily daily basis. You can Google or pinterest foods that will keep you skin looking young.  

Answer 30

I look like a sharpei dog but I feel better.  

Answer 31

Yep I have wrinkle now and wobbly bits, Atleast before it was just fat  

Answer 32

Yes! I still want to lose weight though  

Answer 33

I'm rolling because I just posted a side by side pic here and I'm thinking. I wonder how many people think. don't lose the weight, you're going to look rediculous.  But there's not a huge difference so I'll still chug on. hopefully. Lol

Comments

I really didn't want to sound "judgy" when I asked that. I have noticed in myself that I'm losing but aging and it sucks but it won't stop me from trying to lose the weight.  

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@hassler390 I personally never have thought that when looking at a person that has lost but I have thought that about myself. I really steer clear of the camera. Do trying to be more positive about myself.  

Answer 34

I feel like i look better in my face like thinner but even after 37 pounds i don’t see a difference in my body, but i do in my clothes ‍♀️

Answer 35

Omg yesss like I do! I follow people on ig. and yes they look amazing now but they were glowing and a different happy! But I look at mine and see that i look better. I hope i look better now to other people lol

Answer 36

The pressure off the joints, feeling better than I did when I was in my late twenties, not having heartburn, being able to sleep comfortably, loving how my clothes fit, and just being able to do so many things I couldn't before has been well worth the wrinkles that came with my weight loss. I can either feel older and look younger in the face with the extra weight making me feel bad, or feel younger and look a little older in some areas. I'll take my new found wrinkles and the renewed health over fat that weighed me down and depressed me every single day. These are my driver's license pics for a true and untouched before and after.  

Comments

@agrarian5285 you don't look like you have wrinkles and your skin looks very smooth not blotchy like your heavier post so definite improvement.  

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@dreamy , thank you! My overall skin health has improved so much! I'm 47. Before I lost weight, people guessed me as much younger. I am a very expressive person with my face. The bigger my expressions, the more the wrinkles show. Lol! But I've learned to love them! A badge of honor in my journey. ❤

Answer 37

Yes. but I’m also much older so my fat was just keeping my wrinkles pulled out. but like I told a photographer don’t you dare smooth out my laugh lines. I earned those babies!  

Answer 38

Sure do!  

Answer 39

Not often! Thinner to me always looks happier n healthier

Answer 40

Sometimes though I think the opposite is more. So many people I see look about 10 years younger! Could be the way they are holding themselves, their more trendy clothes, their happier smile? Who knows.  

Comments

@recruit could go either way but I’d rather look a bit older and be slimmer.  

Answer 41

I think it’s the glow of a good diet and water no matter the wrinkles it makes people looks better

Answer 42

Sometimes. For me, when I'm heavier, it makes the circles under my eyes more obvious, because my cheeks are puffed out around them. (And these circles have been a thing since I was in HS) When I lose weight, I have more facial structure.  

Answer 43

Yep I find people look younger with more weight ‍♀️

Answer 44

I've thought that about other people, I rarely look at my own.  

Answer 45

Some do look younger but then I have seen some that it makes them look older.  

Answer 46

Yes! My husband lost 70 pounds and for sure looks older now. But I think men can be more ‘ok’ with that than women :(

Answer 47

The skin needs time to catch up (if it even can) so loosing slow is my motto. Lol

Answer 48

Yes . it’s usually in their face . the face loses so much weight the person actually looks older and tired  luckily not me though . it’s just weird

Answer 49

Me aged 40 and aged 50 then and now

Answer 50

Fat puffs the skin. lose the fat and the wrinkles come out to play

Comments

@exemplary I’ve no wrinkles I’ve loose skin under my neck and I’m 50 -92 lbs A lot is lifestyle Alcohol sun etc and genetics

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I'm 72 and do notice a difference with some of my friends. but I agree with you about the sun and alcohol and genetics

Answer 51

Sometimes yes

Answer 52

Yep! I have totally noticed this.  

Answer 53

Fat fills wrinkles. Lol. And who doesn’t love a chubby baby.  

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@soothfast not mean lol

Answer 54

I think it was Zha Zha (spelling? ) Gabor who said that after a certain age, a woman could have a beautiful face or body, but not both!  

Answer 55

My wrinkles are definitely showing up more and I have saggy skin on my thighs, butt, and arms. But I’m 63, so I can’t really complain about it. I just get annoyed when people post “after” pictures with a filter. They aren’t fooling anyone and I can’t take their progress seriously.  

Answer 56

It seems older people have more wrinkles & show their age when they lose significant weight. It is definitely a concern of mine but I still plan to take off the weight.  

Answer 57

I always said skinny = wrinkles.  

Answer 58

It’s true but I don’t really care. I literally HAVE to lose weight to stay alive. I’ll take all the wrinkles I can get.  

Answer 59

Even with the extra wrinkle I feel younger and because of that I often have people think I’m younger. Age is in your head and the way you present yourself

Answer 60

Sometimes it takes the skin a little time to catch up shrinking. And there is a point when you can be too thin I guess.  

Answer 61

Nooo I really don't. I think someone can look as beautiful bigger or smaller. Someone may look older because they are older. But no I would never look at someone and think they looked better before. Wrinkles are a blessing denied to many and I think they have their own unique beauty to them. Roll on another 3 and a half stone and all the wrinkles that will come with it xx ps I do love a chubby baby and totally get that this is a general post and not a dig at any one person particularly so no judgement here  

Answer 62

I waited until I was 69. You should see my arms! Oh, well.  

Comments

@yardage5 T Mouw-Scislowicz I hear ya‍♀️

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@yardage5 T Mouw-Scislowicz me too. " does this bathing suit come in a long sleeve style? "

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And with bicycle shorts for a bottom? :)

Answer 63

Sometimes if you lose too much you can look sickly.  

Answer 64

Yes . peoples faces tend to look better fuller

Answer 65

LOL yep I guess the fat irons out the wrinkles  Health, nutrition and how fast a person loses weight has a lot to do with it too :)

Answer 66

From what I have seen, most people look so much younger

Answer 67

We really do But now we are much healthier and feel so much better.  

Answer 68

Funny you should ask that. Yes I notice some people after losing weight look so much older and I can hardly notice them. Then of course you have ones that look amazing after.  

Answer 69

I feel like I look younger & better. I know I feel a whole lot better!  

Answer 70

Yes, I agree. A male friend lost about 25 lbs and he looks older.  

Answer 71

My husband and I have been told we look much younger since losing the weight. Last year he lost 85 and I lost 90. We're 41/36 in the first picture and 42/37 in the 2nd.  

Comments

@coranto16 you both look amazing! Congrats!  

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You look amazing. And that dress is ADORABLE

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@coranto16 that is because you are still young enough to look younger. Keep it off and keep up the great job. You both look fabulous!  

Answer 72

Depending on your age & skin, losing weight definitely ages some people’s appearance.  

Answer 73

Loosing weight at a certain age ages you you have to be careful

Answer 74

Yes. Quite a few look better with a little weight to me.  

Answer 75

I often feel like my skin is sagging sjnce dropping weight

Answer 76

Losing can make you look more wrinkled like in the face where the fat fills them in. I’ll take more wrinkles so I can be healthy for my grandsons!  

Answer 77

Yes better off health wise but not in the mirror.  

Answer 78

I look 20 years younger lol.  

Comments

@snip0 , Yes you do, ❤️gorgeous , but you are not in your 70s as I am!  

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@asterism 54

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@snip0 yes you do! Beautiful! Amazing job!  

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@enmesh62910 ty. Not done yet tho!  

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@snip0 you do!  

Answer 79

Yes sometimes. But I’m glad you said it first

Answer 80

The face takes a beating after you lose a lot of weight if you are older.  

Comments

@frankly I am 54.  

Answer 81

I think it really depends on your age, and how you took off the weight. One of my aunt's had the bypass, she lost a lot of weight, fairly quickly, and I believe she lost 125 to 150 pounds overall, while she looks great, she does look much older than she is.  

Answer 82

Yes! Some people get more wrinkly I personally have less self esteem from when I was heavier because when I was heavier I just said own it  and now I’m in between and more self conscious I feel

Answer 83

I know what you mean , but I only think they look older if they have loss to fast or to much. Haven't had that problem yet !  

Answer 84

Yes, after a certain age my face looks older (IMO) after weight loss.  

Answer 85

For me it’s not losing fast or slow, but just that after a certain age the skin is not as resilient , or snap-backable (my new word)

Answer 86

Get healthy, and treat yourself to Botox  

Answer 87

Yes age will show in your face when there's weight-loss. That's why people get fillers to look youthful.  

Comments

@mastermind no needles for this girl. Ick.  

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@snip0 it also depends on how much you have lost and your age. I think the older you are combined with a decent weight loss the age shows more. Maybe you're not that "old" and had very good skin to begin with. I don't know but every person is different. I do know that when I lost 40 lbs I looked tired.