loose skin
Drooping body covering
Loose skin is skin that has lost elasticity and no longer fits tightly to the body.
It typically results from significant weight loss, aging, or pregnancy, when skin that once stretched to accommodate volume fails to contract afterward.
She had surgery to remove the loose skin after losing a hundred pounds.
The term also describes the natural slack in animal hides or the wrinkled appearance of certain breeds like Shar-Peis.
- saggingBending downward weakly
- wrinklesSurface lines from folding
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- jowlsSlack facial flesh
- turkey neckDrooping throat flesh
flabby · drooping · stretch marks · collagen · aging · weight loss · tummy tuck · body contouring · cellulite · crepey · batwings · arm lift · facelift · pinch · hanging · deflated · surgery · firming
- aging signswrinkles, fine lines, gray hair, frown lines, crow's feet
- Bulldogsbulldog, English Bulldog, French Bulldog, American Bulldog, wrinkles
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- cat traitssilky coat, coat, tabby pattern, claws, long-haired