Question:
Has anybody tried the inches off body Wraps to firm and tighten loose skin ?
I have an appt @ this body Wrap place in May to try it. I just would like to know if anyone else had. — Dyan T. (posted on April 17, 2001)
April 17, 2001
I haven't heard of this but wonder if its like something that was done in
the 80s which was a plastic like wrapping of your body which helped to
reduce size etc.. it basically helped remove water and you could easily
lose a size or so.. but I would wonder about the ability to help your skin
to become more elasticized or bounce back better. If it works I would be
very interested in hearing more about this. Good luck.
— Dawn R.
April 17, 2001
Hi, I am 9 1/2 months postop open rny down 134 pounds from 329. I am only
23, but I am fair complected, so at 329 pounds, and after the birth of my
son, I accumulated lots of stretch marks! Now that I have lost this much
weight, all of this skin is really starting to sag! In Feb. I decided to
try a body wrap and see if it would work, it did. I lost 16 inches allover
in 1 hour! It wasn't temporary either, I measured myself a week later and
it was still gone! You can have it done as often as once a week, if you
can afford it, but once a month is okay too. I wanted to start going every
month, but the girl that did mine quit :-( so now I have to find someone
else. A girl I know here in my town was going, she hadn't had wls, and
wasn't even dieting, she lost over 100 inches allover, from a 16/18 to a
size 8, but she was going every two weeks. They wrap you in very warm ace
bandage type wraps soaked in a special solution of detoxifying agents as
tight as you can stand it from ankle to shoulders (my mom even had her face
wrapped, what a sight!), then we put on plastic sweat type suits on top,
and then laid on a message table for 45 minutes, and then they were
removed. From what the brochure says, the heat opens up your pours and
then the solutions seep through to your fat cells, penetrate them, and
forces them to be flushed out through your lymph system. I know it sounds
kinda out there, but hey, it worked for me, so who cares how it works,
right? I had not lost in my calves at all since surgery, weird huh,
anyways, when I had the wrap, I finally lost a half inch! Don't sound like
much, but it adds up! I hope your experience is good, It may not work for
some as well as others. I would be skeptical if I were not losing weight
anyway, and only depending on this as a weight loss method, but I think it
is a good way to firm little trouble areas.
— Kelly P.
April 3, 2002
I did try an "inches off" body wrap and it most definitely did
NOT work. I took the precaution of measuring myself in several places
(upper arm, bust, waist, hips, thigh) prior to my appt. At the salon I was
measured in no fewer than 14 places (that's one arm, one leg, not duplicate
measurements for each side). Spent more than an hour wrapped tightly as a
mummy, to the point where breathing was difficult. Gave me a real taste of
what life was like when corsets were required undergarments! Did aerobics
for an hour while wrapped, despite lack of breath. Post wrap, more
measurements were taken. Lo & behold, with just a little finagling,
they were able to show that I had "lost" the minimum guarantee of
6 inches overall. Well... you do the math. It doesn't take much to be able
to show 6 inches lost when you've got so many proof points. A little looser
on the intake measurement and a little tighter on the post-wrap measurement
and it isn't hard to add it all up. However, when I got home I measured and
did NOT see a difference. And I still look like a Sharpei (those wrinkly
dogs). I've lost 135 lbs, gone from a size 24 to a size 10... and if the
worst of my troubles is some loose skin... I guess I can live with it.
Anyway, I am only 18 months post-op, weight loss has tapered off
significantly but inches are still coming off and toning is proceeding
nicely... it's possible that further "tightening up" will happen.
Don't waste your money on body wraps!
— Loren B.
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