Brachioplasty is performed in patients with sagging arm skin to remove tissues that cause ugly appearance and to thin the arm. If the skin hanging down from your arm is bothering you when you raise your arm to the sides ninety degrees while looking in the mirror, you can get rid of this appearance with brachioplasty. The sagging of tissues due to the effect of gravity leads to an annoying appearance in many parts of our body. Cracks accompanying skin sagging due to volume loss, especially after losing a large amount of weight, are also removed with arm tightening surgery.

 

Since brachioplasty concerns the skin and subcutaneous adipose tissue, it is not a heavy operation and is mostly performed under general anesthesia and takes an average of 1-2 hours.

 

After your surgery performed in the right hands, there is a scar that extends from the elbow to the armpit and that cannot be seen when viewed from the front or the back when your arms are close to your body, and the clarity of this scar decreases considerably at the end of 1 year.

 

If the amount of sagging is small and the location of the sagging is close to the armpit, it is possible to perform mini-brachioplasty with an incision that will be made in your armpit from front to back, and with a scar that will remain both shorter and only in the armpit.

 

The third alternative method is to remove the sagging by reducing the fat in the sagging area with liposuction. In order to benefit from this method, your skin elasticity must be high and the amount of sagging must be low. When this method is supported with laser or j plasma, more successful results are obtained in terms of recovery of skin laxity.

 

You can leave the hospital the next day after brachioplasty and you should use a suitable garment or elastic bandage for 3-4 weeks.

 

Undesirable conditions such as bleeding, fluid accumulation under the tissue, wound infection, which may require various interventions after brachioplasty, can occur, albeit very rarely. More often, side effects such as edema, bruising and pain-tenderness that do not require intervention other than drug treatment can be seen and these may improve in 1-2 weeks.

 

You can do your daily work and social activities within days after the surgery, but you will not have to do heavy sports or exercise that will use your arms for 6 weeks.

 

Aesthetic results can be better when brachioplasty is applied together with liposuction.

 

Brachioplasty prices vary due to many variables (technique and difficulty to be applied, anesthesia to be used, hospital where the surgery will be performed, etc.) and therefore, get information about Brachioplasty prices from your doctor for the most accurate prices