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How Do Surgeons Prep for Body and Arm Lift for the Most Natural Results?

asked 6 months ago by anon
Latest answer by S. Sean Younai, MD
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Tags: natural appearance, outcome, skin, skin tissue

What will the skin look like on my arm after a body/arm lift?

3 answers to How Do Surgeons Prep for Body and Arm Lift for the Most Natural Results?

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Best candidate for Body lift in Los Angeles

Most patients that I see in Los Angeles for Body lift and Brachioplasty do undergo a comprehensive consultation with me in order to determine the best type of bodylift and brachioplasty. At that time address individual patient concerns, types of cloths that they want to be able to wear and techniques for body lift, and scar placement.
S. Sean Younai, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
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Prep for body and arm lift surgery

The most important thing a surgeon does for these operations is to select his/her patients carefully. Patients need to be healthy and at or near a healthy weight. These are not operations to have done instead of loosing weight! The surgeon needs to really plan carefully and take as much time as needed for careful marking. Also, the surgeon needs to schedule enough time so he/she does not have to hurry and has time to make adjustments intraoperatively if... more
Lisa L. Sowder, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon
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Body and Arm Lifting Surgery?

Thank you for the question. There are many principles involved with body and arm lifting surgery. As plastic surgeons we want to remove enough tissue to eliminate looseness/redundancy but not too much tissue ( that would leave a patient with deformity or wound healing problems). In my opinion, the planning stage for these operations are critical. As much as possible, I prefer to do these markings/ planning a day or 2 prior to surgery. This allows the surgeon and patient... more
Tom J. Pousti, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon

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