Have you lost 50 pounds? Did it cause loose skin as a young-ish person?

I've lost close to that and I'm in my lat 40s. While initially yes the skin got quite loose on stomach and also under the chin, I still prefer that over plumper skin filled with fat. And happy to report it has pretty much all shrunk back, just a few wrinkles around bellybutton now, which will probably also go.
I do a lot of weighlifting which for sure has helped, plus take collagen and eat protein.
Bodybuilding is different, she needed to cut and dehydrate herself before competitions, that probably contributed.

I have lost 23kg (that's a bit over 50lb I think?).

I have a bit of wrinkling around my armpits/inner upper arms and a doughy, puckered patch on my tummy. I also have the 'melty' upper thighs described above! Not ideal but all invisible under clothing and I'll take it over being obese.

I'm 5ft6 and age 36. Lost 6 stone 4lbs so far this year. No loose skin really. My arms need toning. But nothing really.

I’ve got a lot of loose skin but I look a hell of a lot better at 8st than 14st.

Oh this does worry me. I have a LOT of weight to lose so I guess I need to prepare for loose skin!

(Will save for the surgery from now….)

I lost 30lbs in my late 30s and had no loose skin whatsoever. Im 5ft 4.
The only thing that caused some loose skin for me was pregnancy and on my lower abdomen

Taking collagen is pointless I’m afraid :) the body just digests it and breaks it down into its component amino acids which the body then uses for all sorts of processes. Supplementary collagen is a con and you’d be better off just eating a balanced diet.

Lost 100lbs years ago. Have loose skin on my tummy but that’s because I have 5 DC and the biggest was 10 lbs 3. Don’t have it anywhere else.

I went from 206lbs to 125lbs, I didn't have any loose skin. I did lose the weight over the course of 18 months. I'm also 5 foot 3, I think you should be fine if you haven't noticed any loose skin yet.

I've lost 85lbs. I'm mid 40's and five foot.

I've got loose skin on my tummy and upper arms. It's hidden easily under clothes and I'd rather have too much skin than too much fat. I stopped losing in July and it is improving.

I'm surprised that a 3 stone weight loss has left me with ...I can't really call it loose skin....it's almost like thinner, it feels different on my inner thighs. I'm hoping over time it will change. You wouldn't notice it if I was in a bikini, I just do.

I went from 13.5 stone to 9.5 on Mounjaro. Just over 50 pounds, I think.

I am tall, so people are generally surprised or disbelieving I was ever that fat. Anyway, I have no loose skin whatsoever. and I’m not young (53).

I lost about 70 pounds in my mid-to-late teens. I'm 22 now, no loose skin but my boobs are pretty saggy. I don't ever remember them being particularly perky though. Planning on getting a lift!

I'm 90lbs (over 6 stone) down and I can see I'm going to have saggy upper arms, belly and inner thighs. The belly and arm I expected but the thighs are a bit horrifying 😂

I still have another 56lbs (4 stone) to go, so I'll be a bit of a mess tbh. But what can I expect by carrying an excess 10 stone for the majority of the last 15 years?

Loose skin after weight loss depends on lots of factors that are pretty personal to the individual. Genetics, age, diet, speed of weight loss, methods of weight loss! Nobody can predict the loose skin you’ll be left with accurately; and only you can decide whether being at a healthier weight with a bit of loose skin is better than stating at a weight you’re unhappy with. I lost 115lbs naturally over the space of 2 years, with calorie counting and exercise. I reached my goal weight at 37, and I’ve had two children by c section. I have a bit of loose skin on my tummy, supposed you’d call it the apron area? You can’t see it in clothes and I’d much rather have this bit of loose skin than be carrying around the 8 stone I’ve lost. I’d do it all again in a heartbeat even if I knew I’d had the bit of loose skin. I think it’s probably tightened up over the last year with more weightlifting and me staying hydrated but if it stays as it is im happy with it. I don’t have loose skin anywhere else x

If you haven’t got loose skin by now than I doubt you will with only another 10lb to go.

Pot luck imo.

I was a large child and lost weight as a teen and got a pooch/overhang St around 16yo.

Gained loads in pregnancy in my mid thirties and shed 4 stone, from 13st down to 9st, and zilch. No stretch marks, change to pooch, excess arm skin.

Glad but annoyed for young me!

Well done on the weight loss! I’ve
lost 61lb this year through calorie counting and I feel amazing! I started doing Pilates classes and it is really helping with toning things up. I still have a belly overhang but I think that is more to do with having a Caesarian. I am concentrating on doing more tummy/ab work in the hope it will help!

I think once your weight stabilises and you stay the same weight for some time it improves, I think. You’ll get fat redistribution and your skin does shrink a bit.

it won’t ever be what it would have been if you hadn’t got bigger and then smaller.

I lost 4st in my mid 50’s. Lost it over a year.
no loose skin apart from a bit on stomach, but that’s been previously stretched with pregnancies.
I went from a large 18 to a small 12. BMI 33 to 24.

Im much taller than you but I’ve lost as much as 130lbs without too much loose skin. Just a little bit upper arms and top of thighs, but that’s it. I was in my late 30s. There’s a big genetic component- I never got stretch marks either when I had my kids (who were both around 10lbs at birth).

I've lost 5 stone this year and my thighs look like they're melting down my legs. I'm 45 though. If you don't have any yet I recon you'll be fine op.

I went from 18 stone to 10 stone in my 30s over 2 years and did daily toning exercises - no loose skin at all
Put weight back on eventually (not all of it) dieted in my 50s and have some loose skin

68 pounds over 11 months and no sagging but I think it's because of gradual reduction. I think too quickly is the cause of loose skin

I'm 50, lost 100lbs and have minimal loose skin.
I think your genes go a long way to it, as well as losing weight steadily.