Loose skin after major weight loss — my results so far

sean_dublin said:

Whatever the answer turns out to be, the method for getting there is the same: state the assumption, do the arithmetic in public, and invite the…

Mine went the same way, slower. I had assumed I was the exception until I read this.

sean_dublin said:

Whatever the answer turns out to be, the method for getting there is the same: state the assumption, do the arithmetic in public, and invite the…

Adding the part of the answer the thread has not reached. It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false. If nothing would look different, it is not a claim about the world and no amount of discussion will settle it.

I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.

Moderator note: reminder that nothing in this thread is medical advice, and that clinical claims need a source. Tagging this one for the weekly digest.

Following on from sean_dublin — and this may be the naive question:

Was that from a primary source or from a summary of one?

SleepDoc_PDX said:

It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false.

I read this differently. The confidence in this thread is running ahead of the evidence, and I would rather the uncertainty were stated than smoothed over because it is unsatisfying.