Batwings

DoryAnne2
on 12/31/15 7:53 am
RNY on 04/01/13

My arms were also my worst.  And after losing all my weight, they were even worse.  I spoke with physical trainers who confirmed that you can't "tighten up" skin.  I would have had to build my arm muscles enormously to fill out any of the extra skin, so I ended up having an arm lift. 

 

The arm lift didn't make my arms look "normal," but they're much smaller and even though there's still saggy skin (I was told to eliminate all the sag they would have had to pull the skin so tight that I would have lost mobility), it looks close enough to normal, older skin that I can live with it. 

 

Good luck!  After all we go through to lose the weight, I think it's great to do whatever else you can to feel good about your body.  

 HW:  268    SW:  255    GW:155    CW:  158

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE AREN'T THINGS.

RNY Surgery on 4/1/13   with Dr. Gohil

  

    

    

    

    

Dejah H.
on 12/14/15 11:09 am - Central, TX

You could also look for a compression garment like you would wear after surgery. I had the excess skin removed last year and had to wear a compression garment for like 8 weeks. Perhaps that would be an option?

~Dejah

289 / 273 / 163.4 / 164   10cc AP Standard  my band! 

    

mute
on 12/14/15 11:15 am
RNY on 03/23/15

I was thinking that too, for at least some things. I'm going to look around at those.

Dejah H.
on 12/14/15 11:21 am - Central, TX

289 / 273 / 163.4 / 164   10cc AP Standard  my band! 

    

mute
on 12/14/15 11:30 am
RNY on 03/23/15

Thank you for the link! Is there anything you would recommend that was particularly comfortable but effective?

Dejah H.
on 12/14/15 11:45 am - Central, TX

289 / 273 / 163.4 / 164   10cc AP Standard  my band! 

    

SkinnyScientist
on 12/14/15 11:15 am

lift weights and focus on the triceps. Like tricep kick backs, tricep push up, tricep roll up.  It wont entirely fix it but it will firm them up some

RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013; 

Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat

Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !  

H.A.L.A B.
on 12/14/15 11:20 am

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

mute
on 12/14/15 11:34 am
RNY on 03/23/15

These look great - I'm just not so sure about the illusion part...I would worry that I would still be super self conscious.

The Salty Hag
on 12/14/15 11:26 am
RNY on 05/20/13

Kat, at some point, posted about a product called Sleevey Wonders. They aren't quite compression garments or Spanx for batwings, but they are a cover up of some sort that allow a woman to turn sleeveless dresses/shirts into a sleeved garment, which can broaden your wardrobe choices if nothing else. I never got any, but I WANT!

Sleevey Wonders

I woke up in between a memory and a dream...

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