Arm Lift - Jacksonville, FL

The outcome of this procedure (arm lift) was excellent. The recovery from this procedure went well. I am now at nearly a decade post-op and the result is still very good. Before and after pictures are included.

I am now 4 months post-op and have uploaded the before and after photos of my arms. I am very pleased with the overall results. When I need to hide the scars I use make-up, which is becoming more and more effective as the scars fade.
Overall, I was not overly impressed with Embrace. Much as it felt nice to have the tape on my arms, it comes at the cost of not being able to use other scar solutions such as BioCorneum during the pivotal 2-10 week healing time. Because I couldn't use the BioCorneum on my arms, these scars are now a lot redder than others from the same surgery on which I used the cream and not Embrace. My scars are still narrow and have shown minimal spreading, which I credit to my surgeon's technique, but perhaps the Embrace helped a bit in that area. Overall, it was an experiment worth trying, but in the future I will probably stick with the Biocorneum solution as opposed to Embrace.
So, my verdict on the arm-lift is that it is very much worth the cost. I feel much more confident now that my wings are gone and while the scars are a pretty big trade-off, in the end I would still opt to have the surgery as opposed to spending forever with big, flappy arms.

It has now been 7 weeks since my arm lift and I LOVE my results. My arms are so small now! I feel like my entire upper body matches now instead of being slim with big, flappy wings for arms. My scars are still perfectly in place exactly where I wanted them and seem to be healing very well.

I am a little undecided on whether or not the Embrace strips are worth the extra $1080 cost. Much as I would still use them if I repeated the surgery, because I am shallow and want my scars to be as perfect as possible, I really don’t tend to feel that the Embrace strips made a huge difference as of this point in the process. I feel like the scarring in the end really does come down to personal genetics and the skill of the surgeon. Fortunately, I seem to scar well and I have a rock star surgeon, so the fact that my scars are very narrow and seem to be healing very well, I really credit to technique and my skin more so than Embrace. That being said, for very visible scars like this, any little bit helps, so I would go for Embrace again, but for scars that are hidden such as abdominoplasty scars, I don’t tend to think the impact of the scar therapy is justified by the cost. If it comes down to spending a grand more to have an awesome doctor or getting an only-ok surgeon and spending the grand on Embrace…I would certainly go for the former of the two options.

At 6 weeks I was back in the gym. I still feel a twinge of pain along the incision line every once in awhile and I am probably more cautious than I need to be about stretching my arms over my head or lifting heavy weights, but I notice the little tweaks of pain less and less as time goes on. The contour improvement on my arms is enormous and while I was worried about whether the wings or the scar would bother me more, I am very happy that I decided to get this procedure and as of today have changed my rating to “worth it”.

Countdown: 7 weeks post-op