Little arm fat, but substantial loose skin
After losing more than 100 pounds with a GLP-1 medication, this patient's arms had little remaining fat and significant excess skin. Her concerns extended into the axillae, or armpits, where the arms meet the side of the chest. Dr. Darren Smith planned her treatment around the relationship between the arms, underarms and breasts.
Why use an extended arm lift?
The extended brachioplasty removed excess upper-arm skin and addressed the neighboring underarm skin. Treating these areas as a unit allowed the plan to account for the transition from the arms through the axillae to the breasts.
Her main arm concern was skin excess after weight loss, rather than a large amount of residual fat. That distinction explains the role of skin-removal surgery in this case.
Breast fullness using her existing tissue
She retained enough breast tissue to reshape her breasts without implants. Her procedure combined reduction and a lift with auto-augmentation: excess volume was reduced, the breasts were lifted, and remaining tissue was repositioned to provide upper-pole fullness.
Here, “augmentation” describes redistribution of fullness within the breast. It does not mean that an implant was added or that overall breast size increased. Her own tissue supplied the volume needed for the intended shape.
The coordinated upper-body result
The side-by-side photographs show the arms, underarms and breasts together, illustrating the areas addressed in her surgical plan. The result reflects her starting tissue and the extent of skin excess after weight loss.
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