SmartLipo MPX
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“Arm Skin Crinkles and Lines After Smart Lipo MPX”

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Updated 6 Oct 2009
Posted 4 Oct 2009
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Spent: $3,500 in East Islip, NY

My arms were large and flabby moving from side to side when I wave. I'm petite 5'1" and 113 lbs and the arms made my upper body look larger. They run in the family. Diet and exercise have been unsuccessful in toning them. I decided on smart lipo MPX.

The surgery itself was not painful, I was wide awake, the arms were pretty sore the first few days and then only when you touch them. I wore the garment for a month. They arms are still very sore to touch at all and am told that's from the laser and will go away.

Problem is the skin looks awful right now, with a consistency that's firm in some spots, not in others, random swollen looking areas, horrible cellulite look and track marks where the cannula must have gone. I was told to massage and I am twice a day but after a week there is no change. seeking to find out how long it takes for this to go away.

I had smart lipo of arms one month ago. The arms were large and flabby but smooth. Now they are much thinner,the skin is tighter meaning still flappy but better, but I have terrible crinkling and lines that you can see where the cannula was, it looks like bad cellulite you'd see on a leg. I've been told to massage to get rid of it and have been doing so twice per day even though the skin is sooo sore. My doctor says the skin soreness is from the laser and will go away. He said the cellulite look will go away with massage. Does anyone know how long it will take for this horrible look of the skin to go away? I'm scared it will stay. It looks horrible. THanks for any input

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perfection (31 posts) 18 Oct 2009
Just give it time. When i had my knees done, they looked terrible for months. Lumpy and crinkly and discolored. A year out now, and they are beautiful. This is a very invasive procedure and takes a very long time to see final results...maybe 8 months to a year for the best results.
jscentral islip (7 posts) 19 Oct 2009
Thanks. I have seen some improvement on one arm but the other has a large blob. The girl in the office said it was liquified fat that didn't get vacuumed out and now needs to be absorbed back into the body. It looks hideous but I'm hoping it goes down. I'm massaging twice a day as the office told me to help this go away and exercising with light weights to tone the muscles. I had my legs done too and the front part of my legs are the same as you state, crinkly, some patches of brownish discoloration. I'm having a revision done though in December because one leg is much larger than the other, noticably so and so the doctor said he needs to do a revision on the one leg. I'm just hoping by next summer everything smooths out. Thank you for the reply it was appreciated.
golfloosh (26 posts) 1 Jan 2010
I had smartlipo 10 weeks ago on my back. Check into Triactive laser treatments on the area. I had 10, it speeds healing by improving circulation to the area. It is also a cellulite treatment. Not painful. Worth the investment, I thought. It will improve!
missmagic73 (4 posts) 3 Mar 2010
Hello,i just had the procedure yesterday on my upper arms,upper back(bra rolls) and jowls.While on the back and chin the fat was sucked out(40%),on the upper arms my surgeon squeezed it out!He said the suction CAN leave the skin uneven...was your procedure with a suction? p.s. i can already see an improvement on my jowls,even tho its still swollen.
jscentral islip (7 posts) 3 Mar 2010
Hi It's been 5 months or so now since I had the arm lipo done and the skin definitely is tighter, the arms have smoothed out a lot and the track marks are gone. There is still some unsmooth areas. I have been massaging almost daily with cellulite cream and I think that has been helping. It just takes a long time to really see results. I'm definitely happy I had it done on the arms. Legs not so much. I'm going to be having the 4th session in April. Doc keeps missing spots and have lumps and cellulite got worse. One leg is noticeably larger than the other. The leg lipo has been a nightmare.
missmagic73 (4 posts) 27 Apr 2010
Hi jscentral,great to hear your arms look good now. now i m 8 weeks post surgery,the jaw line/chin worked great for me,i m not really happy with my arms and upper back(this bit where the back is meeting the upper arms),my arms are still hurting when i touch them too hard,i still got some numbness and they kida look the same big as they did b4(the are not uneven tho).i will never have really small arms,as the just are quite big/muscular,but i really hoped that flabby bingo wings part will improve.when did you started actually to SEE any improvement?
jscentral islip (7 posts) 29 Apr 2010
I saw great improvement at the 8 week mark. The arms really do look great except on arm near the elbow part still looks big and the office is telling me they can't do to close to the elbow so I may be stuck with that. I had yet another revision on my legs this morning. I really hope it is the final session. My legs have been a mess with missed spots and lumps back and front. The key on the arms I found is to massage them every single day with cellulite cream twice a day. It has really been helping and they do slowly get better and better.

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