Patients who lose extensive weight will notice the deflation of their skin due to the loss of fat cell volume. The redundant skin can be quite extensive and may be aesthetically unsightly and functionally prohibitive.
When patients come for their consultation, it is fascinating how patients are unique and demonstrate weight gain and loss of the different regions. For example, one patient may have the most prominent skin redundancy isolated to the legs, another may demonstrate thin lower limbs and skin redundancy isolated to the arms. As such, not every post-bariatric patient may require Brachioplasty.