Just seen my neighbours…. They must have shed 50% of their body weight!!

When fat is lost, so is collagen.

Ooh goody we haven't had a thread to bitch about people on WLI for at least a day on here

So why not just say that then instead of the inevitable snipe about her hair? Why are people SO desperate to find fault with this?

Not really angry at you. I was off for a year having various operations and when I came back half my size everyone at work said WTF and some walked straight past me 😂

Of course people can look gaunt and worse when they’ve lost weight, wli or not.

Hmmm, I lost five stone in a year on WLIs and worried I was looking a bit haggard but it just took a bit of time to settle. My skin firmed up again within a few months. OP's neighbours might have had very rapid loss and it's taken a temporary toll. I'm doing lots of strength training, which obviously will help, but for the most part I think once the dramatic change settles in, people look - and more importantly feel - much better.

You do sound rather judgemental and overinvested. What has their weight and hair shininess (or lack thereof) got to do with you? No-one died from not having shiny hair, obesity on the other hand kills people eventually.

Course you did 🙄

I’ve lost five stone with Mounjaro.

I have a couple of people who are obsessed with it and one especially keeps telling me I look gaunt. I don’t! I’m 11 stone and 5’2; my BMI is 28!

They are just used to seeing me at sixteen stone 🤢

She probably would have lost her hair being treated for an obesity related cancer so swings and roundabouts init.

Yes, I am aware of that. The point I was making was firstly that you don't lose collagen when you lose weight. Secondly, I was using my own experience as an example of the point that it is a perception issue in comparison to being used to seeing an obese face, rather than the person being objectively too thin.

To be fair, once a certain age people can look gaunt when slim, being overweight is forgiving in the wrinkles dept!

But for sure, being healthy is more important and those commenting on you should shush.

They might have had little other choice. I have a sibling on them and they do look gaunt but prior to that they had uncontrolled diabetes, dangerously high cholesterol and very high blood pressure. It was a last ditch effort to save their lives and looks didn't really come into it. If they had been so motivated by looking a certain way they might have lost weight sooner through other means.

From what I've read, hair loss can be a side effect of WLI, but can also be a side effect of losing weight quickly. I've just started on WLI and am on the January thread, where some who are further along the road with them have come one to give positive comments and give tips and advice about things like this. If it happens, it does start growing back eventually apparently!

My response wasn’t personal to you, I’ve no idea what you look like. But some people look gaunt because their cheeks and other areas have a hollow appearance when they’ve lost weight rapidly. And that’s ok.

Good luck to the neighbours.
Well done them doing something about their weight.

We all know losing weight is easier said than
done, if it was easy nobody would be fat. We all know its not healthy to be obese.

So if the neighbours have found something that works for them - fantastic 👏 go celebrate 🥳

Op please don't criticise them for doing whatever they can to get healthy.

And why would you think we care about your neighbours’ weight? Why do you care? Or are you trying to fuel a pile on to those fatties who dare try to tackle their issues with the help of medication? Get a life.

And why would you think we care about your neighbours’ weight? Why do you care? Or are you trying to fuel a pile on to those fatties who dare try to tackle their issues with the help of medication? Get a life.

And why would you think we care about your neighbours’ weight? Why do you care? Or are you trying to fuel a pile on to those fatties who dare try to tackle their issues with the help of medication? Get a life.

It's probably not. Rapid weight loss shrinks the fat pads that support your facial structure, resulting in saggy skin.

I've been told I look gaunt. I'm still 1.5-2 stone overweight. People just overreact.

I've never tried WLI, as you'd see if you met me, but years ago I lost weight for a family wedding. At my goal weight I was still over a stone heavier than I'd been ten years earlier. That was admittedly technically underweight, but nobody ever remarked upon my size back then. However, once new people started seeing me at a smaller size than they were used to, they would tell me not to lose any more as I was getting 'too thin'. I absolutely wasn't, at a size 10 rather than a 12-14.

It's not even a judgement or jealousy, or at least not always. My very skinny DS thought his aunt looked haggard when she lost weight. I would be happy to trade the size of my arse for a bit of gauntness.

This.

but - looked gaunt and hair lost shine
not the golden bullet the media sometimes have us believe

Any extremely quick and dramatic weight loss, achieved by any means, is likely to result in telogen effluvium and gaunt appearance (as the fat layer disappears quicker than the skin can adapt), not exclusive to WLI.