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Jowls - the impact of losing just 5 pounds

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JMAngel1 · 18/05/2023 05:16

I had been getting really down about my jawline - there were definite jowls - a significant dip either side of the mouth on the jawline. I used Nu Face and gua sha every day and thought it was helping a little to keep the jaw lifted but I could definitely notice the jowls.
I’m going on holiday soon and had a swimsuit try on session around a month ago and was horrified at my tummy - I started HRT last year (51) and all my weight was just piled on my stomach area making it look distended all the time. I’m 5foot 3, very petite so can look ok in normal clothes but there was no hiding the “skinny fat” on my tummy and bum in swimwear.
So I’ve been doing healthy keto for the last month with IF and have lost 5 pounds - tummy more or less flat now which is wonderful. But the best bit is that my jowls have completely disappeared - jawline back to sharp and lifted. I’m amazed as had been told at a clinic that the jowl was due to skin laxity and gravity with age - turns out it was just fat all along! Just wanted to let anyone now who may have been considering treatment for jowls - might not be necessary.

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Laiste · 23/10/2023 16:12

Oh bugger off @BlueSky2023 you're clearly spamming.

coxesorangepippin · 23/10/2023 16:14

Good to know op

Tsukiko · 23/10/2023 16:36

WTF, this is the fifth jowl post this afternoon, the current post list is heaving with them!
It is either the same, concerned poster, or it is national jowl day.

Just let them hang free.

BretonBlue · 23/10/2023 16:39

Thanks for sharing your experience, OP. I suspect it's relevant that you have lost your weight with IF. Supposedly the fasting periods trigger autophagy which can help to prevent or reduce loose skin when losing weight.

BretonBlue · 23/10/2023 16:39

Oops, is this a zombie? Sorry.

Laiste · 23/10/2023 16:51

It's the bluesky poster spamming every jowl thread in history 🙄

Summerhillsquare · 23/10/2023 16:54

Hope OP is ok and hasn't starved to death though 😁

ArabellaScott · 23/10/2023 17:55
Old Man Dog GIF by American Kennel Club

I had no idea there was a whole board dedicated to jowls.

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