Loose Skin on Foundayo: How to Prevent and Manage It
Few people starting a weight-loss tablet say they are looking forward to loose skin, yet it is a worry that turns up in forum threads before the first dose has even been taken. For some it is a faint concern about the face or the stomach; for others it is the main reason they hope to lose weight slowly.
What follows comes from public posts where people compare notes. Only a handful are from people taking Foundayo (orforglipron), so the rest come from people on other weight-loss medicines, including several UK voices from Mumsnet. These are personal accounts, not evidence of how often loose skin happens or what brings it on, and the theories and tactics people mention are their own.
The accounts fall into rough stages: the worry before starting, the hope that a slower pace helps, the question of who gets it, where it shows, what people reach for, and what some come to make of it.
The Worry Before the First Dose
Some of the clearest anxiety appears before any weight has gone. One person about to begin Foundayo had already narrowed their concerns down to a single pair of words.
"The one thing I’m concerned about is sagging skin and muscle loss. I generally go to the gym currently three or four times a week and mostly do resistance training. The only thing I’m worried about is loose skin and rapid deterioration of muscle."
– FrontApplication30
The same worry turns up in the UK, where a poster about to start a weight-loss tablet, with about two stone to lose, framed it as a matter of appearance as much as anything, and with some humour.
"I have about 2 stone to lose and yes, worried about the scrawny look and also saggy skin where my double chin currently lives!!"
– jugof
Both are written by people picturing an outcome they cannot yet see, and both lead quickly to the same question about speed.
Slower, People Hope, Means Tighter
A common response to that worry is to think about pace. One person chose Foundayo with exactly this in mind, preferring a gentler route to the faster losses they had read about.
"I chose Foundayo because I didn’t want rapid weight loss. Fearful of the sunken, severe muscle loss."
– CommunicationLast182
The idea comes up in other forms. A poster a week and a half in, unsure how much of the first few pounds was water, had already done the sums on what a monthly rate might mean for their skin.
"I’ve lost 4 lbs which I assume is mostly water weight but I figure at least I’ll be less saggy skin-wise if I lose like 5-8 lbs a month instead of 10+."
– darkblueshapes
It also appears as a reason for choosing a tablet over an injection, as in this account from someone who found the tablet kinder than the jab.
"I don’t mind losing weight slower because it gives my skin elasticity time to catch up."
– teehee2120
Whether pace makes the difference people hope for is another matter, and other posters paint a less tidy picture.
Who Gets It? Weight, Age and Genetics
Several accounts treat loose skin less as something to dodge than as part of the deal. A poster with 150 pounds to lose said so plainly, along with why they were prepared to accept it.
"I have 150 pounds to lose and I fully expect have a baggy skin suit afterwards. […] I am not looking forward to the saggy skin but I know I will be grateful to have better mobility and health, so I think the trade-off will be worth it."
– WyomingDiva1981
In the same thread, a 60-year-old who lost the weight slowly on another medicine described seeing it anyway, and set her own result beside her daughter's very different one.
"I can only share my experience. I'm 60f, lost 60 pounds on Zepbound. At about 40 or 50 pounds, I started to see the loose skin. I lost the weight slowly as recommended. However, I carried that extra 60 for at least 20 years, I am post menopause, etc. My daughter lost 80 pounds but she's half my age AND didn't carry the extra weight as long. She has no noticeable loose skin."
– Grh777
A third voice pushed the point from experience of weight loss without any medicine at all, and brought genetics into it.
"Both hair and skin have a lot of genetic ties. I have loose skin from ‘natural’ weight loss. Some people due to genetics and/or age will have more issues than others."
– thetruckerdave
Theories like these settle very little, but they shift the conversation from what a person did towards what they were carrying, and for how long. That is the question that follows once the change becomes visible.
Where It Shows Up
When people do notice it, they rarely agree on the place. One poster on a 10mg dose spotted it while asking about energy and exercise.
"I'm currently on 10mg and want to start exercising as I'm noticing loose skin and feel saggy so I want to start trying to firm up."
– LumpyProgress1802
For another person, now in maintenance in the UK, the practical problem was clothes, and a birthday party that called for a top they could not find.
"I am struggling to find a nice top that is baggy enough to disguise the loose skin on stomach (B belly apron above and below waist) and not look like a pyjama top!"
– WeAllHaveWings
Arms come up often. One person was pleased with how their biceps were responding to training but had noticed something less welcome further up.
"My biceps are looking good but my triceps are rubbish and I’ve got a bit of loose skin there now 🙁. Not sure there’s much I can do about that but will keep trying to build as much muscle as possible."
– Proteinpudding
Legs get noticed at the gym, where a change of angle can reveal what a mirror does not.
"Although I was wearing quite short shorts today and the saggy skin that gets revealed on my legs as I did planks was pretty horrific. I'm very jealous of those getting excess skin dealt with!"
– KeepUndercover
The places differ, but the discovery tends to arrive by accident: a plank, a pair of shorts, a party invitation.
Faces, Age and What People Reach For
The face is a particular preoccupation, partly because it is the part other people see first. One poster described feeling that weight loss had aged them, and what they did about it.
"I took the plunge and got Botox and fillers for for my face which in my mind had aged 10 years since losing weight. Has made a big difference. I still have some face sagging but it has really freshened me up a bit"
– Kazzaa46
Age adds a further layer. Another person, two years into a weight-loss medicine, linked the state of their arms and thighs to their stage of life and to the time it took to start exercising.
"Once I started eating more protein my thighs didn’t look so anorexic and arms r flabby and other parts. I hope that I will be able to do something to tighten those up. But I’m not young anymore so my elasticity isn’t there."
– GardenFragrant8408
What people reach for varies from protein and weights to cosmetic procedures, and nobody in these threads claims a single answer.
Living With It
Not everyone treats loose skin as a problem to be fixed. One poster, 81 pounds down on another medicine, said the fear they had carried going in turned out to matter far less than they expected.
"Loose skin was my biggest fear but it truly does not matter. I feel so much better it's almost unbelievable to me."
– tiffmarie23
Others hold the two things together. Another UK poster, trouser alterations and all, put it as an unglamorous trade they were still prepared to keep making.
"Wrinkles no worse but the loose skin looks like it’s here to stay. I keep chanting the mantra that I’ve done this for my health."
– Jins
The compromise has a lighter side for some, who treat their own loose skin with a shrug and a joke about swimwear.
"Never going to have a bikini body thanks to all the loose skin, but I’m good with that."
– Reginaphalangeeeee
There is even a twist in the other direction. In a Foundayo thread about unexpected benefits, one user reported a change they had not seen coming, in the texture of their skin.
"The weird one? My skin… facial swelling is reduced, which I expected, but I swear my pores look smaller and overall skin texture has improved. It’s wild."
– Emergency-Extreme992
What Does Medino's Pharmacist Think?
"Loose skin after weight loss is influenced by several factors, including age, genetics, how much weight you lose and how long you've carried the extra weight. Unfortunately, there is no guaranteed way to prevent it. My advice is to aim for gradual, sustainable weight loss, eat enough protein and include regular resistance training to help preserve muscle mass. Building muscle can improve body composition, but it won't necessarily tighten loose skin. For people left with significant excess skin, cosmetic procedures may be an option worth discussing with a specialist."
– Alessandro Grenci, Pharmacist at Medino
One Worry, Many Outcomes
Read together, the posts describe a concern that begins before the first dose and takes different forms afterwards: the hope that a slower pace helps, the arguments about age and genetics, the odd corners of the body where people notice it, and the shrugs, jokes and procedures that follow.
What they share is the sense of a body in transition, and of strangers online checking whether anyone else has seen the same.
