What Are The Reasons For Having Arm Lift Surgery? - Cosmetic Surgery Guide


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People want to have arm lift surgery because they want their arms to look better aesthetically. The reason why they are uncomfortable with how their arms look is not directly due to the amount of fat in their arms. Arm lift surgery is used in cases where a large amount of weight (in fat) has been lost on the arms. This could be after weight loss surgery (examples are gastric bypass, where the stomach's capacity is reduced and part of the small intestine is bypassed by food, or bariatric surgery which limits the amount of food which can be consumed or digested), increased physical exercise, illness or following a pregnancy.

Obesity is increasingly common in Europe and the United States, and many people feel that the media, fashion and celebrities are pressuring people to change the way they look by promoting an idealised portrayal of the human body. This means that a lot of people are attempting to lose large amounts of weight in order to achieve their idea of the perfect body, and are then left with side-effects of weight loss such as excess skin and fat under the arms. This excess skin, which some people may view as a deformity, can appear to block the way to a perfect figure. For these reasons, many people opt for arm lift surgery because they see it as one of the final steps towards achieving their ideal body shape.

The reason why sagging skin develops on your arms after weight loss is that the skin has not been able to constrict or tighten fast enough. This occurs when the speed of the weight loss is faster than the speed at which your skin can adapt to your changing body shape. This explains why the development of excess skin after weight loss varies with age. People's skin loses its elasticity over the years and because of this, their skin cannot tighten at the same rate at which the body is losing weight.

If instead of extra skin, you have only excess fat on your arms which you would like to have removed, then liposuction may be more suitable. This is a form of weight loss surgery, where the fat is sucked out of an area of your body. On average, a litre of fat is removed during the procedure. This is not enough to result in weight loss, but liposuction does yield results in improving the shape and contours of your body.

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