Thank you for your question: "What procedure is needed to remove skin and fat from my arms?" To clarify, an arm lift is an arm reduction. An arm reduction removes excess skin and fat from the arms. However, what you circled are your arms and your back. Arm surgery does not include the removal of excess skin and fat from the back. If you want the areas circled removed, you will need an arm reduction (brachioplasty). During a torsoplasty excess skin and fat are removed from your torso. I highly suggest a vertical Torsoplasty to remove excess skin and fat in your circled areas. This would entail an incision from your armpit down your side to the bra strap line or just one or 2 inches below the skin fold you circled on your side. The vertical torsoplasty can be combined with your arm lift. Often in the armpit, a Z-plasty is performed to minimize contracture. The arm lift or torsoplasty can be performed under general anesthesia and takes approximately 3 to 4 hours on the arm lift and about 2 to 3 hours on the vertical torsoplasty. A drain will be included in the vertical torsoplasty, which stays in about seven to ten days. Please seek an experience board-certified plastic surgeon who has performed hundreds of arm lifts and torsoplasties. Thank you. I hope this helps answer the question regarding how to get rid of excess skin and fat on the arm and back.
