The arm lift involves removing excess skin and fat from the inner arm. Leave a scar in that region unremarkable. When excess fat is only liposuction is indicated. Can be performed under local anesthesia.

The stretching of the hands is to remove the existing excess skin on the back of the hands. It is performed under local anesthesia. Leave a scar on the wrist. Usually accompanied or supplemented with fat grafting or filling in the back of the hand, eliminating the atrophic senile appearance. Follows the same principle and technique for Arms lift surgery as filling in the face. This procedure and the previous usually associated with a chemical peel or laser to remove age spots.

The surgery performed in a Brachioplasty is simple and has few risks to the patient. Its benefits are both esthetic and functional, especially for those people who have lost weight excessively. After surgery, the scar care is especially important. The Arms lift surgery is a surgical technique to remove excess fat flabby arms. The technique involves making an incision on the inner arm. The advantage of this operation is that the expected results are visible almost immediately. When you reach a certain age, both men and women begin to notice a sagging upper arms, it is in these cases where the lift is indicated. Furthermore, it is also used in young patients who have suffered significant weight loss and having a sagging skin in that area. The practice of lifting in recent cases has become popular as a result of increased surgeries for weight reduction.

Pay careful attention scar Brachioplasty to eventually stay at least perceptible possible. In minor cases, there is a line in the armpit. However, in cases of great sagging, plus underarm, there will be a scar line that will run from the inner arm to the elbow. The scar is designed so that the vertical line does not see at arm's length, neither ahead nor behind. After Arm lift surgery, the patient should wear sleeves for three weeks to help perform a compression will prevent inflammation, and improve the scar. It is recommended that patients carry out a series of care over the scar. These should be based silicone bands and creams with rosehip to promote good healing. Although there are no figures on how many such operations are performed each year in America, surgeons consulted by profile assured that consultations to reduce and shape the arms is growing.

In the service every time we receive a greater volume of inquiries related to this topic. Probably it is due to the increase in bariatric surgeries performed in the country. But we also noticed an increase in consultations perhaps not as extreme cases. According to statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, interventions to stretch and eliminate sagging upper arms have shot up 4,378% since 2000.

In particular, in 2012 they had a total of 15,457 such operations while twelve years ago did not reach 400. In 98% of patients who underwent surgery were women over 40 years. A recent survey by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) found that women are paying more attention to the Arms lift surgery of female celebrities.