Hello! It’s been over a year since my extended brachioplasty and I have intended for quite some time to post my experience to thank the community for being a resource for me. Here it goes! I’ll break it up by different chunks. Pre-op: I had lost 80 pounds on my own, most of it very slowly and there was a plateau of 10 years before the last 25 came off. The last 25 came off faster, and that’s when my arms started looking really bad (and I was also getting older). My arms

At the moment, I haven't really done much. I'm a vet, so I just got into the VA system, and spoke to my primary care. She agreed right off the bat that a breast reduction is an option, and told me she'd put in a referral to the plastic surgeon. Right now, I'm waiting for him/her to call me, which is the general procedure at the VA. The PS will decide if I medically need a reduction or not, but I suspect he'll agree that I need it. I'm rather large, as my title says, and very