In most cases, diabetes does not directly cause skin laxity; unless the person was fat before diabetes and has lost a lot of weight after diabetes, in which case it may cause skin laxity. People with diabetes may have a range of symptoms such as excessive drinking, urination, eating, weight loss, blurred vision, and so on, so it is not usually a direct cause of skin laxity. However, sudden weight loss may cause skin laxity, and diabetic patients may experience weight loss, especially for those who were obese before diabetes, and then lost weight after the disease is likely to loose skin. In addition, skin laxity can also be seen in aging and other physiological conditions, as well as cardiopulmonary and renal diseases leading to edema, skin inflammation and other disease states. Diabetic patients with skin laxity are advised to go to the hospital after eliminating physiological factors.