Getting rid of arm flab

Wednesday November 8, 2006 ins: Body Contouring Tag(s):

It is everybody’s desire to be fit and healthy. While some people are bestowed with a remarkable body type --- never getting fat despite unhealthy eating habits --- some are tormented with the fact that they even if they eat too little, excess fat is really just so hard to get rid of.

The presence of excess fat prompts people to look for ways to get rid of it. Some turn to diet and exercise for help. Others want a quick fix so they turn to weight loss surgery. When they eventually lose weight, other problems come into view. One of them is the unsightly arm flabs.

Arms flabs can be removed surgically through a procedure called brachioplasty. Also called arm lift, this procedure removes loose skin and excess fat deposits in the upper arm. Sometimes, arm lift goes hand in hand with liposuction for excellent results.

Here’s a story of a woman who underwent arm lift surgery, as reported by WFAA:

"Every woman is concerned about her arms, every woman," said plastic surgeon Dr. David Liland.

Judy Martinez is his patient.

"I had a huge flap of skin on my arms... you'd feel it moving."

Judy lost 170 pounds after gastric bypass surgery.

"Proportionately, my body could take a size 10, but my arms were a size 14," she said.

Martinez had a brachioplasty done to remove a pound and a half of flab from each arm.

"You'll have a little swelling in the arms and local wound care but outside of that it's one of the easier procedures you'll go through," Dr. Liland said.

Arm lift surgery employs general anesthesia so this might be cumbersome for patients who are somewhat sensitive to the components. The procedure takes 2 hours to finish and should only be undergone by those who have loose skin.

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