The surgery itself involves relocating adipo-dermal flaps and eliminating their excess. The incisions are made in the most closed areas – an armpit, the middle area of the internal surface of an upper arm. On operation completion the wounds are treated with cosmetic stitches and special compression underware is worn.
Indications for brachioplasty
- Signs of adipositis, deformed shoulders.
- Skin and fat deposits, their maceration (including cases after losing weight).
- Skin flaccidity and folds.
- Excessive arm thickness with loose skin on the internal surface.
Brachioplasty is carried out in order to:
- Lift, add elastisity to the tissues.
- Improve the shape and contour of the arm.
- Reduce skin and fat folds.
- Eliminate excessive arm thickness.
- Reduce the areas of intertrigo.
General contraindications: cancer, cardio-vascular and acute infectious diseases, chronic hypertensive disease, thyroid diseases, diabetis, blood-clotting disorder, advanced obesity.
How is the surgery performed in “Certus” clinic?
Pre-surgery examination: 1 hour.
Duration of the surgery: 2-3 hours (depending on the complexity of the surgery). The patient stays in a clinical setting for 2-3 days.
Anaesthesis: general anaesthesia or local anaesthesia with sedative medications.
Incision options: in the armpit, along the internal surface of the upper-arm. A thin longitudinal scar after its final maturation becomes barely visible in a few months after the surgery.
*Recovery period. The patient wears special compression underware for 2-6 weeks after the surgery to reduce the risk of complications. The stitches are removed in 7-14 days. Swellings, bruises and other side effects disappear within a month.
*Side effects: temporary bruises, swellings, obtusion, moderate pain.
*Risks: infectious complications, hematomas, long healing, fluid collection under the skin, asymmetrical and highly noticible postsurgical scars, tissue necrosis (death of tissues).
*Result: long-term on conditions of maintaining a stable weight.
*The effect, result, risks, and recovery period depend on the individual peculiarities of the human body.
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