Would I benefit more from liposuction or BodyTite on my flabby arms?

You did not show photos, so I would discuss this with your plastic surgeon during your consultation. Body tight or ThermiTight can save some patients from long incisions.

I don’t believe body type a title or Renuvion a.k.a. J plasma Will deliver anymore skin tightening then lipel suction alone. I say this based on first hand experience. During an arm consultation the first thing I do is teach the patient to differentiate the difference between skin laxity and subcutaneous fat and how each of these variables affect what the arm looks and feels like.
Are my experience has been that armor liposuction if done correctly and this is an important part of the equation can deliver very high quality results for patients including those with moderate skin laxity.
If you judge results with your arms stretched out like you’ve shown in your pictures then you’ll be disappointed by anything other than a formal arm lift.
This car is often unforgiving and keeps the majority of patients from signing up for the procedure. Short scar versions give compromised results.
The truth is 95% of your awake hours are spent with your arm down by your side. This is how you should judge your results and how the world perceives what your arms look like.
If judged with a Arms down by your side Liposuction can be extremely successful in reducing arm size and this can be a great improvement in how you look, confidence boosting and improving how you fit into clothing.
Delivering consistent quality liposuction results is more difficult than most people believe and this includes plastic surgeons doing the procedures.
I’ve been a board-certified plastic surgeon for 25 years. The last 10 years I’ve been devoted to doing only liposuction and fat transfer procedures. To date I am done over 8000 liposuction procedures. I did arm liposuction twice yesterday.
My approach including my skill in both making accurate assessments and delivering consistent results has slowly improved over time.
10 years ago at which time I had 15 years of experience having been quite busy plastic surgeon doing all different procedures I felt I had gotten pretty good at Liposuction.
In reality looking back after 10 years I’m only doing one procedure day after day I realize that at that time my results were not consistent and I didn’t understand or know why some results turned out better than others. today the chance of me having a result that’s different than what I anticipated is exclusively on the positive side and is far less frequent.
I generally always do conferencial liposuction of the arms including blending into the forearm.
Personally I do the procedures with patients awake using local anesthesia with mild sedation. In my opinion your skin laxity does not justify brachioplasty and I think most plastic surgeons would agree.
Other than looking for the latest technology to give skin tightening I would encourage you to simply stop searching for the holy grail and instead search for the single one variable that truly matters.
In the end quality Liposuction results only has two variables.
First is the candidacy of the patient and the second is the skill and experience of the provider.
Both of these variables have a great variance and I see lots of patients who are exceptional candidates, average candidates and some that simply are not good candidates.
And the patients perspective the same could be said for plastic surgeons. Some are simply bad at doing Liposuction and will consistently leave people this figured, some average result with some reduction in size and some visible evidence of having had previous liposuction with some contour irregularities and some will deliver high-quality natural attractive results on a regular basis.
I suggest focusing exclusively I’m finding the most talented and experience provider rather than the equipment will tighten your skin.
Ending up with a less experienced provider because he or she owns the equipment you think will make the difference is a big mistake.
Plastic surgeons have the tools they need to do their job. Believe me when I say this.
If any of these devices truly worked then every single plastic surgeon would be using them.
For example Liposuction works and all plastic surgeons have Liposuction cannula‘s. They haven’t changed for 40 years and we all have them because they work and work consistently.
There have been numerous attempts at adjuvant skin tightening especially in conjunction with Liposuction and despite the hype none of them deliver.
Any result shown with the use of these devices can be obtained without the device and can easily be explained by Liposuction alone.
In the most competent provider I suggest having exclusively in person consultation with as many plastic surgeons as possible.
Stay local whenever possible.
During consultations ask each provider to show their entire collection of before and after pictures for arm liposuction results.
Seeing a handful of pre-selected sample pictures which must likely represent the best results of each providers career is insufficient to get a clear understanding of what average results look like in the hands of each provider.
An experienced provider should have no difficulty showing you a minimum of 40 sets a before and after pictures for arm liposuction results.
When reviewing the results look carefully at all areas treated including other areas where the patient may have had liposuction and look for contour irregularities or any sign of disfigurement. ask specifically what part of the arm was treated and which area was not treated and look at transition zones between treated and untreated areas to confirm these look natural.
Look for providers who appear to be excited about doing Liposuction, he seem to enjoy the procedure and are proud of the results.
Ashley I recommend reading all reviews on various position review websites avoid all providers with any significant number of justifies negative reviews. The absence of justified negative reviews is more important and more telling than having an abundance of positive reviews.
When in doubt slow down and schedule more consultations.
Results from these procedures are permanent and irreversible.
Minimize the chance of being left disfigured by properly vetting plastic surgeons.
This may take an active role which may seem a little unnatural by asking the surgeon to do things out of the routine like showing their entire collection of before and after pictures.
But them know you’ll be consulting with other providers and that seeing high quality and quantity of before and after pictures is one of your main criteria for who you choose.
Good luck,
Mats Hagstrom MD