Fluctuations in weight, growing older and heredity can cause your upper arms to have a drooping, sagging appearance. This is a condition that cannot be corrected through exercise.
Arm liposuction is the removal of fat in the arm. If the patient is having good skin tone, liposuction alone is enough to contour the arm.
An arm lift, or brachioplasty, is a surgical procedure that reduces excess sagging skin that droops downward. It tightens and smoothens the underlying supportive tissue that defines the shape of the upperarm. Reduces localized pockets of fat in the upper arm region
Fluctuations in weight, growing older and heredity can cause your upper arms to have a drooping, sagging appearance. This is a condition that cannot be corrected through exercise.
Arm lift surgery may be right for the persons, if underside of upper arms are sagging or appear loose and full due to excess skin and fat.
Done under IV sedation or general anaesthesia.
It is a day care procedure. Patient may be discharged on the day of surgery itself.
Patient advised to use compression garment for the arm for 6 to 8 weeks post operatively.