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sudden onset of skin sagging
If someone could please help me. I've been slim and active all my life. Almost overnight I developed loose, sagging skin over my abdomen area similar to someone who may have lost weight. I have very strong abs underneath this layer of loose skin. No amount of exercise could possibly get rid of it?? I'm 55 and post menopausal. This is very distressing for me. Do I just accept as an aging process. Anyone else experiencing a similar issue.
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This page has made me feel a little better:) I'm 59....same story. Sudden onset of sagging skin on arms and legs. I blamed menopause and the over use of tanning beds. But after reading several posts, I'm amazed at the common denominator of the use of Levaquin. I had chronic urinary tract infections for 5 years and took repeated courses of that particular antibiotic. Fortunately the infections have stopped but I'm left with many very undesirable side effects. Unexplained pain, ringing in the ears, the list goes on.....but now I read there is a connection to the deflation of my arms and legs???!!! Yes of course age is a factor but this started at 51, as if overnight. That is also when the pains began. I was told it was Fibromyalgia but now I'm convinced it's from the Levaquin. I recently had Dot laser on my face which was well worth the money. Really good results. I asked my doctor to try it on my arms and legs and he said those areas don't respond as well. But he did say there are new treatments coming out (about a year away) using ultrasound. There is already a facial treatment out called Ultherapy, and he says treatments for the body are currently being developed. So let's look forward to that ! I'm sick of hiding my arms!
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Hello. I realize you posted this in 2011 and it's not 2018. Tonight I experienced a sudden drop of my abdomen, though no severe, it feels lumpy and I think my linea alba may have ruptured or separated. I have terrible stomach pain as if i did crunches for 2 days. Then I was changing and looked in the mirror and saw that my stomach didn't look like my stomach anymore. I recently had my mirena IUD removed as well, so I thought it could be hormonally related. I also have had a lot of muscle soreness lately on my inner legs and the backs of my shoulders. So after googling about mirena side effects i found your post about levaquin. I did not take levaquin but I took nearly 6 rounds of cipro several years ago. The infection I had was nor esponsive to it and no one would listen. I started having joint pain and brain zaps when I was on it and eventually I got SEPSIS. They gave me 4 more weeks of cipro to take home for that. It was awful. I felt like they were trying to kill me. Anyway, I used natural antibiotics and changed my diet and medicine and healed myself. However, since I had a baby I never had weight gain and my loose stomach disappeared. Got mirena 2 months after giving birth by c section. Got terrible anxiety and sufferent for 2 years like that until I decided to take it out on August 29th. Had my period. Just ovulated. Aches and pains and cramps. Then the abdominal pain and now my stomach. But I could not help but notice that ALL DAY i have also been having BRAIN ZAPS AGAIN! I was touching my head all morning to analyze it. Then I look in the mirror and my stomach sunk. Then I saw this post. It is too weird. I think the linea alba is a tendon and that somehow the antibiotics can still effect us years later. I believe The linea albas have been ruptured by these Fluoroquinolone medications.
Wow, that's a lot! What natural antibiotics did you take? I have a sagging stomach. Sigh. But mine is from not working out enough and needing to lose some poundage as I've gotten into later years.
I decided after really thinking about my body is in fairly good shape for my age and I'm not going to worry about this sagging skin on my abdomen.
The problem I really do have which is a not that uncommon to women of both perimenopausal and postmenopausal age is hair loss. I've been seeing a dermatologist now for 2 years. Like they say hair is a woman's crowning glory. When you start losing it it greatly affect your self esteem and it sent me spiraling initially into a depression. I have what is called female frontal fibrosing alopecia which is actually not all that rare. I've also lost half the suddenly all over other parts of my body. I'm using a steroid topical cream and minoxidil but my frontal hair line is still receding. I feel so helpless.
I'd like to hesr from other women swho are facing similar hair loss problems and how they are coping?
The problem I really do have which is a not that uncommon to women of both perimenopausal and postmenopausal age is hair loss. I've been seeing a dermatologist now for 2 years. Like they say hair is a woman's crowning glory. When you start losing it it greatly affect your self esteem and it sent me spiraling initially into a depression. I have what is called female frontal fibrosing alopecia which is actually not all that rare. I've also lost half the suddenly all over other parts of my body. I'm using a steroid topical cream and minoxidil but my frontal hair line is still receding. I feel so helpless.
I'd like to hesr from other women swho are facing similar hair loss problems and how they are coping?
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Use resveratrol at night.
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That said, we're not talking about a whole abdomen of skin suddenly sagging. You might check with a dermatologist to see if there is any known phenomenon that does this. I might suspect dehydration, but you don't sound like you would miss that.
Derm might also tell you if there is a surgical way to correct it, if it is just the inevitable course of aging.