It is a question of excising the excess of skin at the level of arms. This excess often sees itself after a very important loss of weight giving an unsightly aspect of skin which hangs.
is practised under local or general anesthetic, will persist a scar which as the case may be will be placed in the internal face of the arm or in the axillary hollow.
Thus two techniques are described, the axillary face-lift and the brachial face-lift.
According to the importance of the cutaneous excess, one of the two techniques will be proposed to the patient.
A liposuction is often associated to decrease the volume of arms on one hand and to facilitate the cutaneous excision on the other hand.
The threads are usually simple are absorbable.