the skin hanging just under arm pit?

joenanna07
on 1/14/12 12:07 am - TX

its not the skin hanging under the arm! it the fat just below your arm pit! around the breast area! anyone know what that is considered? cant seem to find a term for it anywhere! anyone have any ideas?

godzilla
on 1/14/12 12:38 am - Israel

Revision on 02/03/08

I think it is part of mastopexy/ breast lift and what I really want!
I hope others chime in more knowledgable than I.
Mikimi in Israel

Michelle E.
on 1/14/12 12:53 am

RNY on 06/28/10

I dont know if there is a proper term but I refer to it as the "side boob"..right below arm pit where your bra wraps around your torso. My PS removed this during my BA/BL. I have an incision that runs along that area.. I used to tuck it in my bra as much as I could.

Michelle

joenanna07
on 1/14/12 1:02 am - TX

well i wish i could tuck it into my bra! its about 4-5 inches wide so then i have a smaller boob hanging rt under my armpit and after awhile it starts to hurt! i used to say if i could just get rid of the skin on my beely i will bw happy! well that was a big ol lie! lol! my sugeon is trying to get it covered trough my insurance co! wish me luck!

Amy Smith
on 1/14/12 12:54 am

RNY on 08/03/09

I think it is called the side boob area. It is what my surgeon plans on using to make my boobs match.

justcat
on 1/14/12 2:40 am

You can also get it done with a brachioplasty as I did. That is what makes it into an "extended" brachioplasty.

Extended Brachio: 12/21/11
SW/HW: 238 10/2008 ~ Didn't have WLS but wish I had.
Got down to 106 but gained back to 144 (did not take my dad's death well).
CW: 123 ~ Goal: reach/maintain 115

Laura in Texas
on 1/14/12 2:53 am

RNY on 09/17/08

I've also heard it called "bra bulge". I had an extended brachioplasty, but some of it is still there. After losing 200 pounds, I had tons of excess skin. Mine will fully get taken care of when I get my breast implants.

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."

dommiepa
on 1/14/12 3:17 am - Towanda, PA

RNY on 08/11/10

side boob, back boobs, whatever it is called I hate it.

Yvonne. To thine own self be true. hw 432/ sw 352/ cw196.8/gw 200 RNY 8/11/10 Corsettrunkplasty & thigh lipo 5/16/2012.

mkbeany
on 1/14/12 7:40 am

I had it bad. Horrible side boobage.
I had an extended mastopexy and extended brachioplasty to address it.

Basically a big loooong cut from the elbow, up my arm, thru my pit and down below the breast.
He excised so much tissue from my underarm.
Man, it hurt. Much better now but there was so much that needed to come off.

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. " -- Anais Nin

Revised from Band to Bypass 10/26/09
High Wt 355/ Surgery Wt 343 (BMI 61) / Current Wt 190 on 3/17/12

TT/Fleur De Lis 8/22/11
Mastopexy and Brachioplasty 12/14/11

proudauntie
on 1/16/12 2:55 am - Honolulu, HI

When I had my arm lift the surgeon came down my side about 6 inches from my arm pit - that took care of the extra skin.

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