Arm Lift

Arm lift, or brachioplasty, gets rid of fat, flabby, or flapping excess arm skin. There are different types of incisions for this procedure, resulting scar in different types of scars. Which one is used depends on how much excess skin you have.

You can try this yourself: can you make your arm look lean just by pulling the extra skin into the armpit? If so, we may be able to limit your scar to just this area. However, if you still have extra skin or fat on your arm even when you try to pull it into your armpit, you will probably need an incision that rides down the inside of your arm. How far depends on the quality of your skin. The incisions are kept as short as possible so that they are not visible when short sleeves are worn.

Liposuction of the excess arm fat is almost always performed at the same time so the upper arm will look as slim as possible and the maximum amount of skin can be removed.