subject: Questions Plastic Surgeons Need Answers For Before Performing Arm Lift Surgery [print this page] Before arm lift surgery is performed on you, you can expect to be asked by your plastic surgeon three types of questions. Arm lift surgery is also known in medical circles as brachioplasty. For purposes of this discussion and to make it easier for everyone, that term is what we will be using. These three questions are going to be asked by the plastic surgeon for various reasons. It is possible that the plastic surgeon wants to have an idea about how realistic your expectations are. That makes asking the questions even more important. Another reason is because they want to get an assurance that you will be safe and that there will be no complications when the surgery is performed. It is also their way of assuring themselves that they have the perfect candidate for a brachioplasty in you, assuring them of success of the operation.
Prior to performing brachioplasty, plastic surgeons would take it upon themselves to talk to their patients and ask them about what they expect after the surgery has been performed. The surgeons place a big importance on their patients having realistic expectations about the procedure, hence, the questions. If the expectations prove to be unrealistic, it is time for the surgeon to weigh several options. The first option is that of sending you for counseling, before assessing you again, to see whether your mindset has improved and the surgery can now be carried out. Naturally, another option would be to turn down the case and refuse to perform the surgery. It is possible that the surgeon would not be interested in performing surgery on a perfectionist for fear that anything he may do would never satisfy you in the end. You may feel as though you've been cheated and the surgeon does not want to be responsible for that.
The second type of questions that the plastic surgeon is likely to ask, before carrying out arm lift surgery on you, is that of questions touching on your general state of health. This is to figure out if the patient would be in a condition that would be safe for any surgery, particularly brachioplasty. If you have certain medical conditions which make surgery very risky for you, it will make a lot of sense for the surgeon to deny you the brachioplasty (because, in any event, it is not an absolutely essential procedure).
The plastic surgeon would also ask about the other types of surgeries that the patient has been subjected to prior to the planned brachioplasty. This will help the surgeon make further decisions on whether it would be safe to carry out the brachioplasty on you. Should the information point to the fact that you are safe to operate on, he will then try to ascertain the best way to perform brachioplasty on you. If, for instance, you reacted very badly to the anesthetic agent used in a previous surgical procedure, the surgeon may be keen on avoiding that particular anesthetic agent.
