Brachioplasty, reduction

[houseofjade]

its not always that easy

[surjerydoc]

Arm Lift: During and After Surgery

Anesthesia: General or sedation.
Location of operation: Office or hospital.
Length of surgery: 1-2 hours
Length of stay: Outpatient (home same day).
Discomfort: Mild to moderate. Anticipate 2-5 days of prescription pain medication.
Swelling: Improves over 14 days.
Bruising: Is rare
Bandages: Will be removed in 1-7 days.
Stitches: Will be absorbable.
Back to work: 3-7 days.
Exercise: May be resumed in 2 weeks.
Final result: Will be seen after the scars have matured, which will be about six months.
Tips and Traps of Arm Lift

* Realize that this operation involves the exchange of one cosmetic problem (loose skin) for another (scars). If you are unwilling to accept scars, you should not have this operation, as no surgeon can predict how the scars will heal on you.
* Arm lift is for loose skin. If your main problem is heavy arms due to excess fat, then lipo may be a better option.

[hippy4life]

thanks surjerydoc

[gasoline69]

very descriptive and detailed surjerydoc thanks a bunch

[nipnipnipples]

If you are unwilling to accept scars, you should not have this operation, as no surgeon can predict how the scars will heal on you.

so really ur trading baggy arms with no scars for non baggy arms with scars...

[voice1inside1my1head]

Back to work: 3-7 days.

i dont like the sound of that :P

[sarah34]

Originally Posted by surjerydoc

Arm Lift: During and After Surgery

Anesthesia: General or sedation.
Location of operation: Office or hospital.
Length of surgery: 1-2 hours
Length of stay: Outpatient (home same day).
Discomfort: Mild to moderate. Anticipate 2-5 days of prescription pain medication.
Swelling: Improves over 14 days.
Bruising: Is rare
Bandages: Will be removed in 1-7 days.
Stitches: Will be absorbable.
Back to work: 3-7 days.
Exercise: May be resumed in 2 weeks.
Final result: Will be seen after the scars have matured, which will be about six months.
Tips and Traps of Arm Lift

* Realize that this operation involves the exchange of one cosmetic problem (loose skin) for another (scars). If you are unwilling to accept scars, you should not have this operation, as no surgeon can predict how the scars will heal on you.
* Arm lift is for loose skin. If your main problem is heavy arms due to excess fat, then lipo may be a better option.

Thanks for that post! It's like a timeline of the entire procedure. I think I'm going to print it out.

[streetdoctor]

yeah..nice information mr.surjerydoc... if you know any more information don't forget to tell us..thank you bye

[beachy]

Can you really go back to work in 3-7 days? That seems like a very short time to recover.

[sacback]

I think everyone's circumstances are different and you should aks your doctor what shoudl you expect, not sure about your reasoning of getting reduction done so each case is very very different.