I can see that brachioplasty is in my future , mismatched arms

[MIMISAN 404]

The truth is I am only 6 weeks out on Monday but from the start of my process and now the sleeve I have already lost 65 lbs. I am an older lady and I can already tell that my arms are gonna look like crap on a cracker. Since these are harder to hide in the summer in Texas the arms will probably be the first things I attend to down the road. One odd thing I have noticed about myself and I noticed it before surgery is that my left arm is heavier and fatter than my right arm, to me its an obvious difference. I have a couple questions I would like to ask from some of the Plastics veterans.

1. Do I need to wait until I have reached all of my goals to have brachioplasty?

2. Since I only plan on doing this procedure, what can I expect to pay for just this surgery?

3. Do any of you know any surgeons local to San Antonio or Austin that have great feedback on this type of thing.

Any suggestion and info is always appreciated.

[AvaFern 3,516]

1. Do I need to wait until I have reached all of my goals to have brachioplasty?

Technically no, but if you aren't within 15% of goal when you have plastics done you're wasting your money. The goal is to be able to cut off all the extra skin and to suck out a little extra fat, but when you're not at goal yet, the fat can't quite get sucked out as much and the skin you're cutting off will ultimately just end up saggy again when you lose weight. I had a brachioplasty and loved the results, but I waited until I was close to goal for all of my procedures because otherwise it's mostly pointless.

2. Since I only plan on doing this procedure, what can I expect to pay for just this surgery?

I paid $8K.

3. Do any of you know any surgeons local to San Antonio or Austin that have great feedback on this type of thing.

Nope, but shop around. I really liked my plastic surgeon and while initially I only wanted new boobs, I ended up with all kinds of stuff done because he was very good and he was very nice. When you're ready for plastics, it will be a very fun time.

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

I haven't had plastics. But I had one consultation with a top plastics MD in my area who does many plastic surgeries on both bariatric and non-bariatric patients.

He said he will operate on bariatric patients ONLY AFTER they have maintained stably their weight loss. He said the body continues to change after weight loss, and he wants all those changes to be over before he cuts anything.

Certainly, some people have plastics before that. I've also heard of some plastic surgeons who require an 18-month period of stable weight maintenance before surgery.

[JamieLogical 8,708]

The recommendation is to maintain your weight for about 12 months prior to any skin removal surgery to allow the chance for your skin to bounce back on its own as much as possible.

[Blue1213 122]

I heard about Dr Fisher in San Antonio from this site. I think he specializes in plastics after massive weight loss. I live in Houston and am thinking about checking into him when I'm ready.

He has some arm photos on his website.

https://www.peterfishermd.com/about-the-practice

Edited April 9, 2016 by Blue1213

[Queen of Crop 1,104]

Haven't had my arms done...maybe next year. I just had a TT 2 months ago and not thrilled with the results but of course it's a little better. BUT, I had a boob lift done 3 years ago and my boobs were totally mismatched!!! They removed 150 grams of tissue from one, and 9 from the other to get them to match! So it happens....who knows why. I did have a consultation for the arm surgery and it was only 4500 Euros (about $5000 USD) here in the Netherlands. But like the others said, you need to wait. Good luck

[kealot 136]

I'm scheduled to have my brachioplasty next Thursday 4/21 along with a breast lift and removing the side fat where my bra strap lays.