Candidate for short scar arm lift? (Photo)

Hello and thank you for your question.  From you photographs it appears that you are a more suitable candidate for a full arm lift (Brachioplasty) that involves an incision that extends from above your elbow onto your armpit.  A nice uniform contour of your upper arm would be achieved with this procedure with loss of the redundant fat and skin, referred to, as you mentioned, "Bat Wings". Recovery time would be about 3 weeks before you can resume most activities, and 6 weeks until you can participate in heavy exercise.  An arm lift can be performed with other procedures.  Overall scar outcome is patient-based and variable.  Be sure to seek a consultation with an aesthetic plastic surgeon who addresses all
your concerns and discusses the surgery details including the risks and
benefits of the procedure, recovery time, and post-operative course. 
Also, be sure to see plenty of before-and-after pictures in real women, and not
just computer-generated images, who have a similar upper arm appearance to yours, and preferably at different time
frames (3 weeks out, 3 months out, etc) to more accurately predict your own surgical
outcome.  And lastly, I think the most important component of the
consultation is to establish a good connection with your plastic surgeon.  If you don’t feel you have a good connection
with your plastic surgeon after your consultation, he/she may not be the best
surgeon for you.

Good luck.

Mark K Markarian, MD, MSPH

Harvard-trained Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon

 

you are not a short scar candidate. You have a lot of skin that needs to be removed. If performed properly the scar should be at the very bottom of the arm.