Patient education
Arm Lift / Brachioplasty: Guides
Twelve guides written for the person deciding, not the person studying. They follow one question each — whether your operation is a skin question, how long a scar you are trading for, what recovery asks of you, and when an arm lift is the wrong operation.
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12 guides
- Arm Lift Candidacy Is a Skin Question, Not a Fat QuestionCandidacy
- A Shorter Scar Removes Less Skin: The Incision-Length TradePlanning
- Would You Trade a Visible Arm Scar for Tighter Skin?Deciding
- The Arm Scar in Daily Life: Clothing, Sun and Other PeopleDaily life
- Weight Timing Around an Arm LiftPlanning
- An Arm Lift With or Without Fat Removal in the Same OperationOptions
- Anaesthesia and Operative Time in an Arm LiftAnaesthesia
- The First Six Weeks After an Arm Lift, Week by WeekRecovery
- Fluid Collections and Drains After an Arm LiftRisks
- When the Arm Scar Heals Badly: Widening, Thickening and RevisionThe scar
- How Long an Arm Lift Result HoldsDurability
- When an Arm Lift Is the Wrong OperationSaying no
Decide about the scar before the operation
Arrange an assessment. We will establish whether the fullness is skin or fat, how much skin an incision can reach, and what the recovery would ask of you. If a lift is not the right operation for your arms, we will say so.