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Has anyone had a upper arm lift, do you have any photos to share?

What do your scars look like?

Just dreaming of the day when I have lost so much weight that I will have to have surgery to remove the extra skin.....no more living life in a fat suit, lol

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I want one too!

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Me too!

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on page 5 of this thread there is a close up of my arm incision just 5 weeks post op. It has been 2 months now and I need to get updated pictures to share... watch for it. I had multiple procedures but my arm incisions are so much better then I feared. I almost chickened out on the arm because of the scarring but i a SO GLAD I did the arms. It changed my whole /look profile. I showed the scars to someone the other day and he said he could barely see them - he thought i had just somehow magically lost weight in my arms..haha

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/285839-two-weeks-from-plastics-progress-so-far/page-5

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Cowgirl, that arm surgery after 5 weeks didn't look bad at all! Very, very nice. Yes, do put up some new pix. :)

Thanks for sharing this.

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I had an arm lift and it was the best decision to have made. My arms now look normal and can fit into jackets, sweaters and look good! Do I have scars yes; it will be a year Jan 2014 and they do seem to have faded but of course are still there. If you can handle the scars, no problem.

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Wow Ok, I'm not so fearful after all. I mean I'm still a long ways away from even needing that procedure done. But to know that the scar looks like that and there's no bulging or puckering of skin, calms my nerves. You look great!

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Here is one of my arm lift scars. Because of placement, nobody can really see them unless I left my arm and show them.

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Here is another from a different angle...(before and after).

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Your arms look great! I would really like to get my arms done and I really do not care about the scars

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Wanna get my arms done just got the panniculectomy surgery on Dec 5th wanna give my body a rest

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Your arms look great! I would really like to get my arms done and I really do not care about the scars

everybody's different but I am telling you the scars almost nonexistent… They get lighter and lighter. basically it's a white line no one could see it unless it's pointed out about six months out

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Your arms look great! I would really like to get my arms done and I really do not care about the scars

I'm scared about the pain & Financial cost

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Here is one of my arm lift scars. Because of placement, nobody can really see them unless I left my arm and show them.

I have to be able to lift 50 lbs. for my job, so how long after the arm lift do you think I could return to work? That's my main concern, how long my recovery would be...and if my health insurance will cover it :/ how long was your recovery as far as movement of your arms and being able to lift things??

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I doubt insurance will pay for an arm lift. I think you will need many weeks off from heavy lifting to minimize the scarring, but only a surgeon can answer that. My scars are already disappearing quite nicely at about 3 months out. The pain for the arms was minor and my results were very good.

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