Can a lower body lift and arm lift be done in one procedure?

The hard answer to your question is "Yes", they can be done together…BUT, I would not recommend it!  A body lift (if done with care) should take something like 6 hours to perform.  Also, the arm lift operation is probably about 3 hours.  So, unless you have a team of surgeons working on different body parts at the same time (or more likely residents or physician assistants doing the work) I think this is a mistake.I know that some of my colleagues like to do "total body lift" procedures and they may even claim that anyone who takes too long to do a procedure doesn't really know what they are doing.  My answer to them is that I throw every stitch myself.  I do it with great care and scrutiny of my own work.  I sometimes remove sutures that I don't like.  I NEVER use staples. Because of that, my revision rate is fairly low.From the patients perspective, there is enough recovery to do from one of these procedures, much less both.  For instance, how are you going to get up out of bed in the morning if you can't use your arms OR your torso? Too much surgery can be a mistake.  Slow and steady will win the race.

Yes you can do an arm lift and body lift at the same time.As you surmised there are pros and cons about doing many surgeries at once vs separately. One surgery, one recovery speaks for doing many surgeries at once. However there are more risks such as blood clots in your veins (DVT or PE), increased risk for infection, etc. Typically, I do a combination of surgeries but limit my operative time to less than 6 hours and often use a surgical assistant for efficiency, BMI within normal range, non smokers, use anticlotting strategies to prevent blood clots. The informed consent with your surgeon should cover in great detail all of the above and more. #bodylift#postweightlosssurgery#brachioplasty

I try to limit all surgery to a time less than 6 hours. I can usually
do a body lift in 4 hrs and an arm lift in 2 hrs in
an average size person, so you would be right at the limit. Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA