Sagging badly

Boy am I sagging! My upper arms are sagging my breasts are sagging, my tummy is starting to sag... I'm starting to look like a deflated balloon!
That's encouraging in a perverted sort of way, because it means I'm losing the fat under my skin but I look really sad :( I still have lots and lots of weight to lose and I'm wondering what the end result will be if it's this bad already!
I was hoping to avoid plastics cause money is tight and I secretly hoped that my skin, which has been good to me so far, usually snapping back after weight loss would do the same this time too, but I have a feeling age has taken its toll and this time I'll be stuck with a lot of ugly, excess skin.
Those of you who are older and have lost a lot of weight, I need some advice please. What is your experience? Does any of that hanging skin shrink or does the bag just keep emptying but remains the same size?
Well, it doesnt really matter, skin is better than fat.

Just think, the folds of skin can be folded and tucked into compression garments to help with the flapping.  I hear funny noises at times when my bat wings flap.  Working on arm strengthening seems to be helping me.

Good job with the losing, deal with the excess skin later if it becomes a problem.  Glad to have this group of loser's as my friends.  Hugs

I had no intention of dealing with it right now. I was hoping I wouldn't have to deal with it at all! But my breasts were sagging somewhat pre-op anyway, the results of my yo-yo dieting, and my upper arms had folds and folds of hanging fat that I knew would be a problem when the fat melted. I was mean to my body and I'm paying the price I guess.
There is not much I can accomplish with exercise since my arms and legs are too weak for exercise that would make a dent.
I guess I'll just have to hide everything under clothes - not a pleasant thought during summer when the temperature here goes over 42 Celsious and stays there!

I know the feeling, I have only lost 30+ lbs so far and my arms, sometimes it feels like I can fly with them. I just need to work more with strength training to help fill in the gap.

Yes Synthia, if you can exercise start now!

Like Synthia said- sometimes I feel like I'll be able to fly with my bat wings! I'm doing lots of arm exercises now and it's helping, but I have a long way to go. I've lost 42 lbs and I'm wondering how everything is gonna look after losing another 60. I keep imagining going in for my next mammagram and just picking up the empty skin and flopping it on the shelf to be mashed, LOL!!! They haven't shrunk too badly yet but I'm thinking at the rate they're going, I better find some really good wonder bras!
I knew going into this that at 46, my skin was unlikely to "snap" back, especially since I have been so overweight for so long. Still, the sagging skin can be hidden under clothes, while fat is just out there for the world to see. We can be healthy and have sagging skin, but it's hard to feel healthy when you are morbidly obese.
All in all, I'll take the sagginess any day over the fat!

I agree Rhonda, I'll take hanging skin over fat any day! I'm just in that super-ugly in-between stage now where there is still a lot of fat left so what is hanging is folds of fat. I hate it!

Take heart Amalia! I have read several posts on here from people 2 or more years out who have noticed that their bodies suddenly seemed to re-distribute their weight, filling out areas that had been to thin and making the loose skin they had "fit" better. Some had felt they looked older after weight loss, but lookded much better after this occured because their face filled out to. I sure hope that happens for me, as I will not be able to afford plastic surgery and am not sure I would get it even if I could.

I feel the same as you do about plastc surgery and I sure hope you are right about the redistribution!