How much recovery time is needed after brachioplasty?

Arm lift surgery requires most patients to avoid physical work for 3 weeks and exercise for 4-6 weeks. We have refined this procedure to make recovery a little easier. No drains, no stitches to remove and washable compression sleeves allow our patients to be driving and out in public within the first week. In some instances we can achieve worthwhile improvements with our skin tightening non-surgical Medspa treatments.

Thank you for your question.Following surgery you need to really restrict activity for the first 2 weeks.  You do not want to lift anything greater than 10 pounds for those 2 weeks and no reaching over head. After the first 2 weeks, you can start to slowly increase your activity and weight that you are lifting.