How to Tighten Up Loose Skin

Loose or sagging skin can affect your self-confidence. However, due to the aging process and excess sun exposure, loose skin can gradually develop. To maintain firm skin, immediate action is necessary. Fortunately, there are different ways to tighten up loose skin and regain your youthful appearance.

Instructions

1. Reduce your body weight. Carrying excess weight stretches the skin. Over time, skin may begin to sag or become loose. Make a few lifestyle changes. Give up fatty foods, fried foods and fast foods.

2. Exercise and tone your body. Toning exercises sculpt your body and reverse loose skin. Lift weights to tone your arms and legs. Do pilates or abdominal crunches to tone your mid-section.

3. Decrease your sugar intake. Sugar is addictive, and excessive consumption causes weight gain. Additionally, sugar reduces the skin's elasticity, which causes loose skin. Eliminate sugar from your diet, or reduce your intake to tighten up skin.

4. Increase your intake of salmon. Salmon stimulates collagen production, and this protein improves the skin's elasticity and reduces wrinkles.

5. Apply skin firming creams to your body. Look for lotions and creams that include active ingredients to tighten up loose skin. These ingredients include collagen, vitamin E and olive oil.

Tips & Warnings

• There are non-invasion cosmetic procedures to tighten skin. These include infrared laser, skin thermage and radio frequency techniques.

Resources

• Tighten Loose Skin After Weight Loss
• Tighten Skin from Head to Toe