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Help me for once in my life shift this wrinkly baggy (very unwelcome) tummy please

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Chicinwellies · 06/07/2017 23:24

Ok, so not style, or a beauty product, but definitely my weakness when it comes to feeling ok about myself. I'm 5'4, 8 1/2 stone and very sporty, with a great and healthy diet. What's the problem i hear you mutter - well, my two 10lb10 children (two years apart, same weight). All around my tummy button is just a wrinkly saggy mess. And I'm tired of it, and prepared to work it off. Can anyone offer some hints and helps please? Thanks

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Chicinwellies · 09/07/2017 08:19

EccentricP I'm inclined to think that's completely it - I'd be loathed to have surgery not just for the scarring but it's also purely in the name of vanity, there's nothing 'wrong'. So I'm going to make a concerted effort to do more strength training, planks, I think another hot yoga or Piyo session, and thenat least I'll feel like I'm doing something about it rather than just continually looking at myself, and moaning !!

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ItsNiceItsDifferentItsUnusual · 09/07/2017 08:55

I bought that tummy fix thing linked to upthread, reading the reviews it's meant to be good for stretch marks if nothing else. Used it for first time last night and swear marks look better already

FruitBadger · 09/07/2017 09:11

Following, I'm usually around 8.5 stone & 5'4" but have a very wrinkly & stretched skin after 8lb 14oz DS and a section. Am now 15 weeks with DC2 and am fully expecting it to get worse, so would love to know if there's anything that offers light at the end of the tunnel!

EccentricPickle · 09/07/2017 21:03

I would love love love to be wrong. Mine tends to look more loose the skinnier and more toned I get ☹️ - extra weight tends to pad it out a bit. If I tense my abs the skin hangs down a bit - it's really low though so I can hide it.

The stretchmarks are well faded as my youngest is 6 and my oldest is 10 (it was the eldest ones fault - FruitBadger, it didn't get any worse with my 2nd pregnancy). I tried Bio Oil and it didn't do anything other than hydrate my skin.

Chicinwellies · 09/07/2017 22:23

EP I'm same, totally. Did the MUTU system, Kayla itsines etc. Still find the only thing that improves it is putting weight On and all the wrinkles go as everything's stretched out again !

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