BRAQUIOPLASTY (ARMS LIFTING)

Any patient that has undergone major weight changes or that over the years has a relatively important skin flaccidity or accumulation of fat located on the inside of the arms. Depending on the degree of affectation, one of the three alternatives will be recommended. We will try to indicate the technique with minor scar.

At the first consultation you will have an arm examination and advise you the best option for you. According to your needs you will be recommended to remove skin or do a simple liposuction. The choice will be decided jointly between you and your surgeon.

After the surgery, a compression garment will be placed on both arms that will be maintained for at least 2 weeks and analgesics will be administered to make sure you are fine.

Depending on the degree of flaccidity, there are 3 possible interventions: only liposuction, stretch the skin through a hidden incision in the armpit or an incision in the inner side of the arm.

Some patients are candidates to perform only liposuction to extract excess fat and it will be the elasticity of the skin that gives us the final result. Some patients do not have enough elasticity and strength in their skin and it will be necessary to remove the skin, which in cases of moderate excess will be enough with a scar at the level of the axillary fold, but in some other cases of greater flaccidity and excess of skin. , it will be necessary to remove more skin, with the consequent longer scar that will run along the entire length of the arm, usually up to the elbow joint. This scar will be made on the inside of the arm to make it less visible.

You will be given a specific treatment of the scar by applying silicone sheets during the first months, so that they evolve as quickly as possible. One year after the intervention, they are barely perceptible, especially those that remain inside the armpit.

Brachioplasty can be considered as a definitive intervention. Although the patient will noticeably increase his weight during the following years, the appearance of the arms will remain stable over time. Likewise, the scar will be less and less noticeable..

The anesthesia that is normally used is sedation + local anesthesia; although some patients require a mild general anesthesia, with awakening immediately after finishing the procedure, so in both cases the patient can be managed on an outpatient basis, without needing hospitalization days.

If you have any questions about brachioplasty, do not hesitate to ask your surgeon, who will gladly assist you and solve it.