>>76718968
Worked for me. I was a 5'11 150 skeletor with no visible muscle. fast forward 1.5 years of bulking at 185, I look better, and my clothes fit the same. IDK my body fat when I started but it was prolly close to 20% at 150.
If you look like shit already, may as well gain muscle + fat and speed up the muscle building process, because regardless it's going to be years before you look good anyways.
If you're truly skinny fat you can bulk into abs.