There are just to many cases when you could get yourself extra skin on your abdomen (fat) that you do not want and it will lost nasty. For example, let's say that you are pregnant and it's nearly impossible that your skin not to be expanded by the baby, so, after the pregnancy, the skin could remain and have some extra skin fat that you really don't want to and it will look very bad if you go to the seaside, for example. There are many ways in which you could be trying to get rid of abdominal extra skin, but not succed and other practical ways to get rid of it and succed, the answer is up to you, your time and your money and how much you want to do with your body.

•   for example, if you're just trying diet and exercising you may be alright, but you may also realize that diet and exercising are not going to loose abdmonal skin (even if you're lucky), but let it there. Skin is very elastic and after a pregnancy or a rapid weight loss, that extra skin will remain there and you need another way to get rid of it, for real. In today era there are a lot of cosmetic surgeries (if you're afraid I recommend seeing a doctor) and because of that you could do mostly everything to your body, from removing extra fat to changing your nose shape.
• there is another problem with the skin, not caused by pregnancy or rapid weight loss or rapid gain of weight, and that is aging. Because of aging most of the people skin elasticity reduces and because of that things like wrinkle and other nasty stuff could appear and are more likely to appear on your body. But it's more easier to remove a wrinkle (there are a lot of creams and stuff), rather that loose abdominal skin.
• bad nutrition habits, genetics and even sun exposure can make nasty things to your skin and because of that you need a cosmetic surger or to talk to a dermatologist in order to be sure you're doing the right thing about it.
• a tummy tuck surgery or abdominoplasty is a cometic surgery that is going to remove the excess of skin fat frm the middle and lower abdominal area forever. There are a lot of insurances that cover abdominoplasty and you just need a doctor you could trust in order to make this for real. Go to someone with experience and great results, even if it's not cheaper, because you do not want to play with your health and body shape, to look worse than before.

   One of the things about a tummy tuck surgery for abdominal loose skin (the extra skin and fat from your abdominal area and more) is that you need to be careful on the doctor and insurance you choose because you could not reverse the process. Basicaly on a tummy tuck surgery the doctor is going to tighten the abdominal wall (that may be expanded and having problems because of the rapid weight loss or pregnancy) and because of that the fat and extra skin will be reduced forever. It's just going to make your abdomin firm and basicaly in the future you're not going to have problems problems with extra skin, unless you get rapid weight loss and other stuff that you don't plan, but can make your skin and stuff not so good looking. It's your choice and if you're just afraid of cosmectical surgery (it may not hurt), you could just check diet and exercising but it's not cool and good to loose abdominal skin really fast or for real. Good luck!