Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to get moving and shape up.

My name is Brock Armstrong and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

If you have lost a lot of weight recently, then you may have noticed that you have a bit of loose skin hanging around.

Common areas for extra loose skin after weight loss include under the arms,

under the chin, or a pouch around the stomach, but loose skin can appear, well, almost anywhere

on the body, especially if you've lost weight rapidly. Now, before we go on, let's start

with a brief anatomy overview from the outside in. First, you

have your skin. A nice protective layer and the largest organ of the intigumentary system,

which just means extra layer or covering. Think of it as the wrapper that holds your body. Then you have a layer of body fat.

Under that is where your muscles live. So when you lose a substantial amount of body fat along with

some muscle, which is common in rapid weight loss especially, you are literally removing the mass

that has been previously stretching your skin,

and when that mass is gone, you're left with a partially empty wrapper.

Your skin is a very elastic organ that has to stretch as you move and grow.

It also has to shrink if you lose fat and muscle.

But your skin is not just one big piece of rubber that covers your entire body. It's an organ. Just like all organs in the body, it's made of cells. Different layers of your skin have different types of cells. Now, though the skin cells on the outer part of your skin, the epidermis, are constantly

being sloughed off and replaced with new cells, the skin cells under the epidermis are a bit

more permanent. These layers of skin, called dermis and subdermis, are made up of elastic

connective tissues, fibers, blood vessels, and all sorts of components

that can stretch and contract, depending on how they're treated. When you lose weight, and especially

if you lose weight very quickly, I'm going to say that a lot, these elastic components of your

skin not only lose their layers of fat that keep them stretched out over your body,

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