Brachioplasty

Anesthesia

general (anesthesia).

Duration

2.5 – 3.5 h.

Stay in clinic

1 day

Recovery period

• Return to mental work and driving after about 1 week (home office).
• Engaging in sports after about 1 month (cycling);
• Return to physical work after about 1 month;
• Wearing a special compression garment for 1 month non-stop.

Follow-up examinations

• The day after the procedure: local condition check, drain removal (if inserted), discharge from the clinic;
• After 1 week (local condition check – optional);
• After 14 days (local condition check – necessary follow-up examination);
• after 12 months (final assessment of the operation result);
• Follow-up examination at any time, if needed.

Medication after the procedure

• Over-the-counter painkillers;
• Scar care – see FAQ

Inevitable consequences of surgery (temporary and permanent):

• discomfort/ pain,
• swelling,
• bruising,
• scar (long – from the lateral surface of the chest to the elbow area),
• sensory disturbances in the scar area,
• after several months/years partial recurrence of laxity (sometimes requires another procedure)

Complications at the surgical site (may occur)

• hematoma (accumulation of blood in the wound requiring surgical evacuation of blood – rarely);
• seroma (accumulation of serous fluid in the wound requiring evacuation by puncture – quite often);
• infection (requires antibiotic administration; rarely);
• prolonged wound healing (sometimes requiring further procedures to heal the wounds);
• necrosis of the skin-fat flap (sometimes requires another procedure; rarely, but a long treatment period);
• asymmetry always occurs before the procedure (after the procedure it may decrease but may also worsen);
• hypertrophic scar (rarely),
• keloid (rarely),
• dissatisfaction with the aesthetic result of the procedure;