Excess skin and fat in the upper arm can cause much unhappiness and discontent. Patients feel uncomfortable wearing sleeveless tops. Brachioplasty is a procedure that can reduce the amount of excess fat in skin in your upper arms. In order to remove the tissue an incision from the armpit that extends on the inner aspect of the arm towards the elbow is used. This allows for the removal of excess tissue and recontours the upper arm to a more youthful appearance.
The procedure usually lasts several hours. The procedure is typically done in an out patient setting. You will be given general anesthesia. The surgery entails removing the excess skin and fat through an incision you’re your armpit towards your elbow. Excess skin and fat is removed and the flaps are pulled together and sutured in place.
When the procedure is complete, your surgeon closes the incisions with small stitches and covers them with bandages. A small drainage tube may be inserted in your skin for several days to drain excess fluid from the surgery.
Following your surgery, you should be careful not to put tension your incisions, but need to try to walk the day of your surgery to avoid blood clots in your legs. Recuperation for a brachioplasty surgery is usually 1-2 weeks. Patients should plan to take 2 weeks off from work. During this time, you should avoid driving a vehicle for several weeks and avoid exercising for about a month. Bruising and swelling are to be expected.