Jeannine Morrissette: Yes, Miriam?

Dr. Michael Salzhauer: Yep. Miriam from Boca.

Jeannine Morrissette: Miriam, welcome to Nip/Talk.

Miriam: Thank you.

Dr. Michael Salzhauer: Good morning, thank you for calling.

Miriam: Hello?

Dr. Michael Salzhauer: Hi, Miriam. What's your question?

Miriam: I'm calling from Boca and I have very, very thin arms. An earlier caller spoke to you about flab I believe on the arms and arm lift, but I have such thin arms. Not flab, but it's a very crepe paper-like effect, and the rest of my body is fine but my arms are just awful. What could be done for that crepe paper look?

Dr. Michael Salzhauer: Well, that's a good question.

Jeannine Morrissette: I get a lot of those questions at the office. A lot.

Dr. Michael Salzhauer: This sort of touches on the subject that we hit on last week where we had that woman on who we did an elbow lift on, which is a procedure that we rarely do, but sometimes skin behind the arms and along the elbows can look very wrinkly and, like she said, very crepe papery. The only solution that I found is to excise some extra skin up in the axilla in the armpit, and pull it tight. You know, undermine the skin and pull it tight. It leaves a smaller scar than a traditional brachioplasty, but it can tighten the skin. In other cases, some of the crepe paper skin on the arms can be caused by medications that people take or excessive sun exposure and that sort of thing. So if you're not careful, the look can come back. But again, a brachioplasty can solve the solution for extra skin, whether you have fat underneath that extra skin or not. It sounds like you don't have much fat, you just have some extra skin.

Miriam: Right. And the thing is the reason I want this done is so I can wear short sleeves, and if I had a scar that would kind of defeat my purpose.
Dr. Michael Salzhauer: Exactly. You know, the only way to really know is to come in for a consultation either with myself or any board certified plastic surgeon and let them look and see if it can be done with a minimal incision arm lift where the scar can be hidden in the axilla. You know, in the arm pit t here. If it requires a traditional brachioplasty, then you're right. You would defeat the purpose because the scar would be visible in short sleeves.

Miriam: Well thank you so much.

Dr. Michael Salzhauer: You're very welcome, Miriam. Have a great day.

Jeannine Morrissette: Thank you very much, Miriam.

Dr. Michael Salzhauer: Thank you for calling Nip/Talk Radio.

Jeannine Morrissette: Have a great day.

Miriam: You too.

Jeannine Morrissette: Thank you.

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