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What are the Benefits for Arm Liposuction for Droopy Fat Arms Rather Than a Lift?

asked 6 months ago by anon
Latest answer by Rod J. Rohrich, MD
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Tags: droopy, advantage, benefit, comparison, fat reduction, flab

13 answers to What are the Benefits for Arm Liposuction for Droopy Fat Arms Rather Than a Lift?

Liposuction and Armlift

Arm liposuction combined with an armlift is typically the go-to procedure to correct “droopy fat arms”. Liposuction used solely is only for particular candidates who do not have issues with excess skin laxity. If a person with excess skin is liposuctioned to remove the excess fat, they are then left with even droopier arms, but just minus the fat in them. If it is just an excess fat issue and your skin is of good quality, then your surgeon will perform the liposuction... more

Siamak Agha, MD, PhD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon

www.drsiamakagha.com

Liposuction or Armlift

Liposuction is not a treatment for sagging skin on the arms. One has to do a combination of liposuction with an armlift procedure or you will have an unsatisfactory result.

Rod J. Rohrich, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon

Arm Lift vs Liposuction in Atlanta

Arm liposuction is a great way to reduce fat from the arms. I use SmartLipo to during Arm liposuction. If you have droopy arms which is typically a combination of excess fat and excess skin, you may need both liposuction and a lift. Many times, those patients with good skin quality may experience significant skin and tissue retraction after liposuction alone. The best way to know which correct procedure for your situation is to visit a board certified Plastic Surgeon. Just make sure that you... more

Stanley Okoro, MD
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

www.georgiaplastic.com

Arm Liposuction for droopy arms...

Liposuction can be a nice improvement for the upper arm, but the improvement may not be as complete as having a brachioplasty. The benefit would include not having a long incision and a quicker recovery time. However, if the skin is very droopy, liposuction by itself will not give as great a result. It is important with liposuction for the skin to be able to tighten well by itself. Over time your skin changes, losing elasticity and thickness. An arm lift... more

Shain A. Cuber, MD
Marlboro Plastic Surgeon

www.AssociatesinPlasticSurgery.com

Liposuction of the arm

Liposuction can be performed predictably and safely throughout the body provided its done on the right candidate. Removing fat with a smooth, proportionate contour is only one piece of the puzzle. One must have appropriate elasticity of the skin so that post fat removal, excess hanging skin won't be an issue. So, a visit with your board certified plastic surgeon will help to clarify the differences for you. "Droopy Fat Arms" will likely require more than just... more

John Renucci, MD
Grand Rapids Plastic Surgeon

Liposuction vs Arm Lift

To help contour and reshape arms, your plastic surgeons must assess 1) the fat content and 2) amount of excess skin. In very mild cases of excess skin where the primary issues is excess fat, liposuction is likely the preferred technique to help sculpt the arms. Liposuction requires very tiny little incisions. On the other hand, if a patient has a significant amount of excess skin (for instance from weight loss), liposuction alone will likely not yield the best results.... more

C. Bob Basu, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon

Liposuction verses a lift for droopy arm

Liposuction removes fat with minimal skin tightening in the arm. If you have excess skin, brachioplasty is the only option. Liposuction will only make the skin sag more.

Donna Rich, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon

Arm liposuction candidates have skin with good elasticity.

The advantage of arm liposuction is that we only use small incisions to introduce the cannula that extracts the fat. This procedure depends on your arm skin to have the elasticity to contract and shrink, otherwise your skin will hang. Droopy fat arms typically refers to arm skin that has lost elasticity. In these cases an arm lift with skin excision is required to achieve a nicely contoured arm.

Laurie Casas, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Arm lift vs arm liposuction

Liposuction of droopy fat arms will result in droopy arms with less fat, An arm lift (brachioplasty) is a procedure performed to remove both the droopy skin and fat resulting in well contoured arm with a scar on the inner or back aspect of the arm.

Joseph N. Togba, MD
Oakland Plastic Surgeon

Arm Liposuction for Droopy Fat VS. Arm Lift?

Liposuction removed fat. Period. It does not lift anything. Although SOME skin retraction may be seen in healthy skin and in some darker skinned individuals with liposuction, this method can only be counted on to remove skin. An excisional emethod, which by its very nature REMOVES loose skin (as in a Tummy Tuck, Face Lift, Breast Lift etc) WILL lift sagging arms. So, which procedure would best address YOUR arms? it depends on the amount of fat in the arms, the amount of excess skin and... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Arm lift, liposuction

If the upper arm skin is loose, you will be wasting your money doing liposuction. That will take away what little support the skin still has and it will get looser.

Ronald V. DeMars, MD
Portland Plastic Surgeon

Treatment of "Droopy" arms

Thank you for the question. Generally, patients who present with “the droopy fat arms” are not candidates for liposuction alone. This procedure would leave the patient with loose skin and an unsatisfactory cosmetic result. Arm lifting will be necessary to improve the contour of the arms, preferably when the patient has reached a long-term stable weight. In person consultation with a well experienced board-certified plastic surgeon will be... more

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

Droopy arms

The answer is that there are NO benefits for liposuction in droopy fat arms. The only possible role for lipo would be to thin the arms out prior to doing an arm lift. Excess droopy skin NEVER responds well to any kind of liposuction, laser or otherwise.