Posts tagged arm lift or arm tuck arizona

Quick Facts: Arm Lift.

1 year ago

by Dr. Aldo in Arm Tuck

Scottsdale – Here are the Arm Lift – Quick Facts:

Average Length for Arm Lift: 2 – 3 hours

Anesthesia for Brachioplasty: General Anesthesia

Location: Certified Outpatient Plastic Surgery Center or Specialty Hospital

Recovery after Arm Lift:

Back to work: Less than 2 weeks
Full Exercise: 6 weeks

Improving the Experience with Posterior Arm Lift:

No drains with posterior arm tuck
Less visible scars with posterior arm tuck

Am I a Candidate for Arm Lift?

Healthy
Non smoker
No medical conditions that reduce wound healing
Unhappy with excess skin and fat in the arms
Realistic goals and expectations

You may also want to check out or photo gallery for Arm Lift on our main website. We also want to remind that we will be discussing arm lift at our Plastic Surgery after Major Weight Loss Seminar tomorrow!

arm lift or arm tuck arizona before and after photos

Thiamine deficiency in plastic surgery patients.

1 year ago

by Dr. Aldo in Arm Tuck, Bariatric Surgery, Body Lift, Body Plastic Surgery, Major Weight Loss, Thigh Lift

Scottsdale – An issue to be considered in bariatric surgery and in plastic surgery after major weight loss is the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, which is caused by an acute thiamine deficiency when the refeeding of patients precipitates increased thiamine demand. The syndrome of acute neurological abnormalities comprises one or more of the following:

• apathy and disorientation
• nystagmus, opthalmoplegia, or other eye movement disorders
• ataxia
• severe impairment of short-term memory often with confabulation.

Although classically associated with alcoholism, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a concern in bariatric patients due to complications with chronic vomiting, anastomatic stricture, band slippage, and anastomatic ulcers often present with protracted vomiting over a lengthy period.

Unfortunately, many people perceive obese individuals as having appropriate nutrition. That is not the usual case, in fact! Many bariatric patients have chronic malnutrition and may experience acute thiamine deficiency syndrome after body lift, thigh lift, and arm lift or arm tuck. Careful monitoring and oral or intravenous supplementation of thiamine will treat this problem. For a complete review, I refer you to the journal Bariatric Times.