A brachioplasty (arm lift) removes hanging fat and skin from your arms. Patients come to McGuiness Dermatology & Plastic Surgery to experience the following benefits:
Creates more toned arms
Eliminates bat wings
Removes excess skin
Tightens underlying arm tissues
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Like with any surgery, scarring will appear where we make the incision. Fortunately, scars fade over time, and Dr. Barton uses state-of-the-art techniques to try to minimize or conceal scars from your brachioplasty in Plano.
Our aesthetics team can also offer scar-minimizing options once the incision has fully healed through treatments like microneedling or with scar-fading products.
A good candidate for a brachioplasty (arm lift) has excess, hanging skin from their arms (bat wings) and is in good overall health, as surgery can cause risks such as blood clotting, bleeding, and infection.
We also expect you to refrain from smoking for at least 6 weeks before and after your surgery. If you are unable to stop smoking, we will not be able to perform surgery on you.
We will determine that you are not a good candidate for a brachioplasty in Plano if you fall under the following categories:
Before your brachioplasty, please follow these instructions:
After your brachioplasty in Plano, please follow these instructions:
