Brachioplasty After Bariatric Surgery

Abstract

SUMMARY B rachioplasty is aesthetic reshaping of the upper arm after removal of excess medial skin and fat. Patients seeking brachioplasty complained of generalized obesity with marked obesity in the arms or the majority of them complained of skin redundancy of the arms post massive weight loss Brachial ptosis was clinically classified based on the amount of adipose tissue deposit and the degree of ptosis. Different techniques used for brachioplasty as liposuction or skin excision by different types of skin incision according to the degree of fat deposit, redundancy and skin ptosis, or both were used in this study. In brachioplasty the incisions required were determined by the severity of the condition and the present of axillary skin laxity, so in moderate skin ptosis: elliptical or double ellipse marking techniques were used, and in sever skin ptosis with axillary skin laxity: T brachioplasty or L brachioplast technique was used. With the ever-increasing number of patients undergoing surgical treatment for obesity, a growing number of patients are presenting for brachioplasty after