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DragonGirl
on 1/26/12 9:34 am - MN

My arms will be the first thing I'll self pay for. Legs are a mess, too...but I love cute dresses for summer...sleeveless of course!

Heidi

Age 49 Height 5'5" HW/280 SW/250 CW/157

Behind every success is effort...Behind every effort is passion...Behind every passion is someone with the courage to try.

Jujuvee
on 1/26/12 10:51 am

I had my arms done with my LBL but if my surgeon would have been willing to do my thighs I would have done that first. My arms were horrible but what's the point of having a cute flat tummy and wearing cute undies if my old man balls are rocking back and forth.. My thighs are REALLY bad!

HW 405- Pre op weight 374- Plastics weight 203 Current weight 194

Circumferential lift/Brachioplasty November 8, 2011
16.3 pounds removed.

Revisions + Thighplasty October 23, 2012

Breast lift- Spring 2013

Michelle E.
on 1/26/12 11:12 am

RNY on 06/28/10

ARMS!! I figure.. the thighs only come out when in bathing suit.. Arms come out more often in the summer.. sleeveless..shirt sleeve.. plus with the revision you are having on your breasts.. doing the arms I think could help with the corrective procedure??

Michelle

Iam_with_the_Band
on 1/26/12 11:44 am

Lap Band

Well, I would do my arms. However, my thighs had to be done because the extra skin was so bad, I could hardly workout. My arms were 27 and 29 inches long! Pretty gross!

12/09 and 6/11, 9 skin removal procedures with Dr. Sauceda in Monterrey Mexico
Revised to the Sleeve after losing 271 lbs with the LapBand.

kathkeb
on 1/26/12 12:30 pm

REALIZE Band on 06/05/09

Arms --- having my arms done allowed me to wear clothes that fit my frame (my frame is a small, my arms were a large).

After having my arms done (and a breast lift/no implants), I have had lots of people tell me that I look 15-20 pounds smaller -- without any real weight loss.

Having a smaller upper body fits with my face and my shoulders and my 'trunk' -- I am so glad I did it.

Kath

newalpha
on 1/26/12 6:40 pm

VSG on 07/28/10

Denise, I agree with JUJUVEE 100%. You can tone your arms, build a little muscle to lessen the effect of the laxness. But your inner thigh?Hard to do that Bedroom stroll when Mr.Turkey and his friends are going gobble gobble gobble. There's only one area there that you want doing any gobbling and it's not the goat cheese girls to the east and the west!!! I think out of All my areas that bothered me, the inner upper thighs seemed to be the focal problem area. Now given I'm a guy, and you might feel oh Steve stuff a sock in it, guys can build Arm muscle easily and offset the arm area and there is some validity to that. I guess it depends on the areas and you. I think the ultimate answere is going to be Both!!!!!! LOL

Steve

Nicole T.
on 1/26/12 10:29 pm

RNY on 02/12/08

ARMS!!!!!!!!!!!! everyone sees your arms but only men who you are banging see your thighs! lolol

now for me, my arms look like i have two arms so it is a must. but if your arms don't look too bad but when you walk it slaps, do the thighs.

Laura in Texas
on 1/27/12 12:51 am

RNY on 09/17/08

haha, Nicole!! I totally agree!! If the thighs are not in the way when you're banging, do arms first!!

Laura

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

EthelMae
on 1/27/12 1:02 am - MD

RNY on 05/24/11

Definitely my arms.

The thighs I can cover up, the arms are another story.

~Barb
Highest - 279 (08/2009) Program Weight - 256 (03/10) Surgery Weight - 232 (05/24/11)

waitinggame
on 1/27/12 5:49 am - Bowie, MD

Well it seems the consensus is arms, minus the incidence when there is banging involved! LOL!

I agree that the arms are much harder to hide. Much like with my thighs, if my arms were smaller I could wear a smaller size shirt, but for now they are too tight in the arms.

We'll see what the doctor has to say. The almighty dollar may be the deciding factor, but hopefully I can swing it.

Thanks ladies!!!

Denise

Check out my blog--menumealplanning.com. Tales of making meal planning managable, family fodder, and everything else under the sun.

RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!

*6.5 lost preop

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