ARM LIFT AND ARM LIPOSUCTION

       As we get older there is a hormonally based redistribution of our body fat.   This is particularly noticeable in women as they go through menopause and also occurs with patients who have had significant gain in weight.   One of the most obvious areas of this type of weight gain is in the upper arms.   Like the skin in other areas of the body where there is weight gain, there may be a stretching of the skin that accompanies the increase in fat deposition in the arms.

ARM LIFT If there is only fat that is deposited in the arms, it can be removed with liposuction alone.   Two small incisions in the elbow and armpit are made, and a small tube in placed under the skin through which fat is aspirated.   If there is enough elasticity of the skin, within a few weeks the skin will retract and you will have a great result! However, if there is not enough elasticity and the skin is loose already, liposuction is not an acceptable or desirable procedure, as it would lead to more looseness of the skin, and arms commonly known as “bat wings”. In such cases, the skin of the arms must be removed after liposuction- an arm lift. Click here for more info