Pick Him! - Saint George, UT

Hello Kristy, Thank you for you interest. When I had stopped and thought about it, in the total inches that had incisions, it was quite extensive. In addition to a brachioplasty and mastopexy with implants, under my arms along with the sides of my breasts had lost a lot of elasticity from my weight loss coupled with age. The first few days were hard to pinpoint exactly which area had the most pain. I will be honest with you, and with no intentions of discouraging anyone but I hurt like h_ll the first week. I suppose I could say the pain in my arms after surgery could be classified as a tad above moderate discomfort. It was my chest that really hurt. So many things go through your mind at this stage of recovery. The first two weeks if someone had asked me if I had it to do all over again, would I. I would have said "absolutely not". However, asking me today I will say, most definitely yes. The relief I feel not having to lug around with me my heavy arms anymore is indescribable. For me, the chest part was actually secondary in my desire to feel free from the scars of my obesity. To sum up my recovery time, yes it had taken me a while. However, that being said, I am still looking forward to my future body lift procedure.

Thanks for the extra information, that's really sueful!

It kind of sounds like having kids... if you ask someone at the point of childbirth if they'd do it again, they'd probably scratch your eyes out... but after the fact, the pain is forgotten and they have this great outcome! ;-)

I'm so glad it all worked out great for you. Your arms look really good!

 

Thank You !! Ha Ha, the child birth analogy is what I was thinking too. I almost wrote that.

Thank you very much mythreeboys. I truly hope that you have a wonderful outcome with your upcoming surgery. Take care of yourself.

Me too!! I am getting rid of my bat wings and tummy april 26th!!

Hi Little Lady.... You are going to look great!! You are so pretty and have a really nice figure. I am very happy for you that you are able to do this at 20 years old. Your profile really touched me because I was in my twenties when I lost over 100 pounds and was never able to afford plastic surgery. I am so glad that you don't have to go through what I did. You now will be able to enjoy all the things that you should at your age. If I was there I would give you a big hug. I hope everything goes right for you. We are all here if you need us. Please keep us updated and post some after pictures. Take Care Of Yourself!!

Hello 1LoLo1, To be honest with you, your outcome is one of these best I have seen. I took those pictures a few days ago, I am about 8 months post surgery. I am happy with it, the scars are so smooth. I'm venturing out with the sleeveless thing. Baby steps you know :) How are you doing with that?

STS: Thanks! I appreciate that. I do have to credit my PS for the wonderful job. I live in IL so it's still flipping cold here. I've bought some tops that are sleeveless and am hoping that by the time I can actually wear them that my scars have faded a bit more. But, you know what? I was embarrassed by my flabby arms and still wore sleeveless. The scar may have to be explained and I am gearing up for that. You are looking so good.

Hello Lornadoone,........I think that you are doing really good. I think your arms look great!! Sometimes I think because we know that a scar is there we assume that everyone we come in contact will know as well. That is probably not the case. When I wore that sleeveless dress on Easter I thought for sure that it was obvious, however my Mother who will always give me an honest answer told me that if she didn't know, that sure probably would not be able to notice. As for scar cream, my surgeon didn't really stress it to me. He did recommend massaging. After the incisions healed I had first purchase the silicone gel. That little thing with the brush was a pain to apply. Then I bought some scar cream. I thought that I would massage them with that cream at the same time, but it dried out too fast and pulled, so I added vitamin E oil with it and massaged it that way twice a day. This lasted for about 2 weeks until I started getting tired of being greasy, then I stopped and just left it alone..... I really enjoy the correspondence from you all :)

Thank You :) I am so happy that I am free of all the crazy habits I developed in trying to avoid people noticing my fat loose arms. Some are still there that I am trying to get rid of, like cringing when someone is talking to me and then makes a friendly gesture and touch my arm. I had always caught myself jerking back a bit. I wonder if I had a look of fear on my face. Another, blow drying my hair in a night gown, and when my husband would walk in stopping and putting on a robe, and then continue, later saying "is it hot in here, or is it just me?" Ha Ha as if he never saw that before.... About a month ago I dug up an old fat picture. I used the scanner for the first time and posted it on here. You can see how fat my arms were.

Hello Joy2world, Have you had your surgery yet? I am interested in following your progress and if you are happy with your results. I will help you any way that I can. I did exercise for a lot of years, sometimes it was in a gym, but mostly I had walked to try to fight the pounds from creeping back up. Any attempt of toning was never noticed, you wouldn't know that I had exercised at all. To me I looked like I had the same body, but just smaller in size. The arm lift makes me feel more proportionate because I carry a lot of weight on my limbs.

Hello outdoorsgirl78, I just noticed your post. Thank you for your interest, to answer your questions, no there was no insurance involved. The total was approx. $13,000 for breast lift with silicone implants, extended arm lift, and lift and fat removed on my sides.

Thank you MindBodySoul.

Hello 1LoLo1, Yes, it is pretty brutal, you really never get used to it. About mid September it gets cooler and nice. When are you coming? Have you found a place to live, and if so what side of town? I'll help you out any way I can.

Hi! I'll be there the middle of Sept. We have found a place. Decided to try living in a high rise. It's right off the strip. Yikes!! Thanks for the offer. I appreciate it. Let's send private messages for more info. Don't want to put my location on the public comments.