THESE are batwings that require surgery...

Two people asked me about pictures of my arms before and after I had my brachioplasty
 (since I mentioned that I would not have opted for surgery and the huge scars if mine had
not been so bad), so I figured it would be easier to just post them here.

THESE were my batwings:



Here is the same arm "wingless". I apologize that one is much closer up than the other... it
distorts the size a bit, as does the fact that I actually have a visible bicep in the second picture!
The lighting is not very good, so you cannot really see the scar (mostly you can just see where
it curves down into my elbow in this pic), but -- even though it is very thin and white (but it looks
pink in this pic for some reason... crappy Blackberry camera!) -- it IS visible when I hold my
arms out.
 


Lora

Thanks for sharing! Love this post! Did you post in plastics too?

I had posted pics there when I first had it done (once the arms had healed), so I did not re-post these there.

Lora

Oh Lora I am so jealous! Your scars healed wonderfully. I would love to get this done when I am finished losing. The doc said he won't resect my abdominal incision until 18 months out even though I have thick painful keloids.
Tell me, did insurance cover any of the costs of the surgery? Thanks-Jen

No, I had to pay for it myself... even though I had a ton of documentation (including pictures) of problems with rashes and infected cuts (from shaving) in my armpits!  (The best thing... other than being able to go sleeveless... is that now I have no sweat glands or hair follicles, so no shaving or anti-perspirant required!)

Lora

Ok, you win... that is definitely a bigger batwing than mine.  That being said, looks like you had EXCELLENT results with your brachioplasty!  Wow, Lora... your arms look fantastic!

Loving the muscle there, too... and honestly, the scar is barely visible.  That's probably the best looking arm job I've seen...

Couldn't happen to a nicer person!


tori

Aw, shucks... thanks, Tori!  The scar is definitely visible in "real life", though.  I'll have to have someone take another pic with a real camera, I guess.

Lora

Just tell people that's what you get when you let your guard down while fencing.

Seriously, your arms are beautiful, and so are you! Did you ever try flying with those wings? Wonder if it would be possible. Hehe.

Jan

i wish the skin would go away with the weight . of course we r not that lucky . what a difference!!!

Lora, looks TOTALLY worth it!!!!  Congrats!!!