Arm liposuction
Get Rid of those Bat Wings with Arm Liposuction
Liposuction plastic surgery is the most common type of plastic surgery today. Arm liposuction is the second most common requested plastic surgery next to stomach or abdomen liposuction, in fact the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons has reported that over one hundred thousand liposuction procedures are done in the United States every year. Arms and legs can be a perplexing problem that arm liposuction can resolve with nice results and only a few dots on the inside of upper arm area opposite of the arm pit.
Liposuction Procedure
The tumescent procedure is the most common technique of arm liposuction. With this technique only a local anesthesia is required, eliminating the cost and risk that are associated with a general anesthesia, in addition trauma and blood losses are significantly reduced with this technique. Tumescent technique involves the use of a diluted solution of local anesthetic which is then injected where the arm liposuction is to be done, numbing the area and pumping up the fatty area where the liposuction is to be done.
Liposuction Advantages and Disadvantages
The largest advantage to arm liposuction is that the scaring is barely noticeable as a few small holes are placed in the under part of the arm where the fat will be vacuumed.
The disadvantage to arm liposuction is some, but very minimal skin elasticity is involved with the upper arm which means that there is usually some hanging skin left that the arm liposuction can not remove. Usually additional plastic surgery will be necessary.
Arm Tuck
After arm liposuction the hanging arm skin some times called