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Arm
Lifts: Brachioplasty
You dread summer and the hot days it brings
with it. You don’t mind the temperatures, but you know that
the heat will no longer permit you to hide your flabby
arms under the guises of long sleeved sweaters and blouses. You
dread the invitations to pool parties, and an outing to the
park leaves you panting with anxiety. You know you look somewhat
odd at the pool in eighty degree heat wearing that jacket,
and everyone wonders about your long sleeved sweatshirt when
playing tennis in the blazing July sun. Is there hope for you?
As a matter of fact, there is! Its name is brachioplasty,
which is simply a fancy word for the process more colloquially
known as an “arm lift.” Loose skin is quite often the result
of rapid weight loss. When you still carried around all that
extra weight, your arms sought to compensate for the fatty
deposits by stretching the skin. When you lost the weight,
the skin did not tighten back up, and so you now have saggy,
baggy skin that does not look very nice. Some patients may
have the mistaken idea that liposuction will take care of this
problem, but this is unfortunately not the case since the liposuction
will remove the fat but not the loose skin.
Take
note that brachioplasty is not for the faint of heart since
a long incision, usually from the armpit all the way
down to the elbow, needs to be made, and quite often the result
of this incision is some scarring. While scarring may be minimized
with properly administered post operative care, it cannot be
totally avoided, and you will need to decide which is the lesser
of two evils in your case. The procedure itself only takes
a couple of hours and recovery is swift and any swelling or
bruising can be easily concealed with loose fitting long sleeves.
It is important to note that this procedure is only useful
for excess loose skin and not for the removal of fatty deposits
trapped underneath the skin. If you have issues with fat on
your upper arms, you will most likely benefit more from an
actual liposuction which, at some point down the road, may
be followed up with a brachioplasty if necessary.
It is important to realize that while
side effects are rare,
they do occur, and quite possibly the most dangerous one is
any damage to nerves that run along the arm and that may temporarily
or perhaps even permanently change the way you are able to
feel your fingers, move them, or even influence the sensitivity
of your skin in some areas. Skin infections and excessive fluid
retention needing draining procedures were also among noted
side effects, yet obviously they are not as severe as a loss
of feeling or sensitivity.
Of course, much of this may be avoided when dealing with
reputable physicians, state of the art facilities, and of course
a faithful adherence to any pre-operative as well as post-operative
regimen your surgeon prescribes for you. Avoidance of lotions
and maybe even underarm deodorant for a while may go along
way to prevent annoying rashes and skin irritations at the
wound site, and may also help to decrease any possibility of
swelling or excessive scarring. Additionally, a properly supervised
exercise plan will prevent sutures from breaking open. As you
can see, there is no kind of cosmetic surgery that it entirely
risk free and without the possibility of complications; in
many instances, however, the risks may be minimized by not
being afraid to spend the extra money to purchase the highest
quality of surgical know how, experience, and education in
the form of the surgeon who will be operating on your body.
In addition to the foregoing, this is a time where background
checks, licenses and testimonials need to be researched in
detail to ensure that your physician is indeed as highly trained
and experienced as he or she claims to be. Do not encounter
the heartache of having received a cut rate operation at the
expense of receiving cut rate results. Your body and your health
are two things you should not skimp or compromise on!
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by SolveYourProblem.com
: 2006
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