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Would I Benefit from Vaser Liposelection to my Arms?

asked 1 year ago by 1mom in Minnesota
Latest answer by Robert Whitfield, MD
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Tags: arms, armpit

I was considering a minimal incision brachioplasty but was encouraged to try vaser liposelection. In your opinion, which may be the better option?

3 answers to Would I Benefit from Vaser Liposelection to my Arms?

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Liposuction versus brachiplasty as solution for "big" arms

There are no true methods to "tighten" the skin reliably without excising it. Some patients exhibit better skin contraction than predicted while others experience greater laxity than anticipated. While this may be an obvious estimate in patients with extremely loose and thin skin with stretch marks, it is more difficult in an individual such as yourself. Therefore using vaser liposelection may help but no one will be able to predict with 100%... more
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Arm Reshaping: VASER VS. Mini Brachioplasty

Which procedure should be used depends on the quality of your arm skin (IE its likelihood to shrink and retract back) and the amount of fat in the arm. If someone have little to no fat in the arm but has droopy skin ("Bat Wing Deformity"), the only way to smooth the contour is by "taking it in" with an Arm Lift and leaving a scar along the inner aspect of the arm (Brachioplasty). If the skin is of good quality and there is a moderate amount of fat in the arm, I... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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Ultrasound assisted liposuction, brachioplasty

Vaser is effective in treating fatty areas.  In skin that has good tone and no stretch I find it to be veryf effective.  It is my preferred techniwue in several regions of the body when a patient comes to me for liopsuction.
Robert Whitfield, MD

Milwaukee Plastic Surgeon

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