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Omg do they make a Spanx arm band for my bat wings? That is really my trouble area and it's bothering me more and more how much they are hanging!

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lol...oh my gosh! You are funny. I had my sleeve on June 11th and am down 45 pounds since my post-op weigh in on June 1st. My main concern was the excess skin. I know my insurance doesn't cover the cost of removing it. I am turning 45 in a few months and have young looking skin with no wrinkles. I am just praying this means my skin is elastic and will hold up well. When I went to a support group meeting, I brought this topic up. A woman in her 60's stood up and said I want to show you something. She took off her blazer, having just a tank top on. She swung those bat wings all over the place and said that she is keeping them and has grown to accept them. She had gone to a plastic surgeon to discuss having the excess skin removed. They told her that it would be about $8,000 and leave a thick scar from her wrists to her armpits. She decided that paying that much money to have an ugly scar left on her arms wasn't worth it. She told us that she now buys tops with Lycra in them because they hold it all in. If the choice was to have the bat wings or the weight, I am sure we would all embrace the bat wings.

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I saw an advertisement for "slimpressions" that have arm spandex-looked really good!

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Sassybax.com has an undershirt with sleeves to just above elbow for this.

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Oh good. Been waiting to hear exactly what to use for these bat wings! Lol.

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hmmmm...maybe I need to wear those "sleeves" that some basketball players wear!

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