My arms make me really insecure.
I hate wearing short sleeve shirts.
I try to not wear any dresses
that are too top like because I hate
the way my arms look.
I try to always have some sort of sleeve
so my arms aren't fully exposed.
Now that I'm getting older
It's harder to work out that exact area.
So, I'm really excited to have this procedure done
and be more comfortable in my own clothes.
My name is Daniela and I'm getting my arms lipo'ed today.
I'm doing this now at 27, I just
feel like I'm at the right age
I'm not too young, not too old.
I'm just at the perfect time in my life
where I can have this done and be great.
I come from a hispanic background
so I feel like we are a little bit more heavier.
My mom has always had big arms.
My aunts do too so
it's like a thing.
So I'm scared to get older and
continue to have these arms.
My name is Spero Theodorou
I'm a plastic surgeon and I've been in practice
for more than 15 years
specializing in aesthetic plastic surgery.
Anything involving
radio frequency assisted liposuction
Especially Body Tight
is essentially scarless surgery.
A scarless arm lift.
What is Body Tight?
It's new technology now, radio assisted
liposuction body tight
we are able to suck all the fat out
that's necessary to give her a nice result
in addition, tighten up
all the skin with it.
We do use tiny little incisions to access everything
so the approach is a minimal invasive approach.
Specifically it's done under a local anesthesia
that way the patient's awake while we do these things.
So Daniela is a good candidate because
no matter how much weight she looses
her arms are always going to be
fuller and she not able to remove the
fat from her arms under exercise.
Also in addition the loose skin she has.
Even if I do diet and exercise
I mean if I do a really hard core diet
my arms will be a little flabby
it's hard to exercise on that part
specifically cause it takes a longer time.
It's just harder now that I'm older
to have my arms more toned.
I find your deltoid muscle
and I take all the fat away from it
and I sculpt it for you
So we are not just doing this part
we're doing the whole arm.
I hope to feel better about myself.
Be able to wear anything I'd like.
Feel comfortable in my clothes
and specifically in the summer to just
be able to wear anything I'd like
without feeling insecure.
This is different than anything that's been done before
So essentially I'm heating everything up.
This is sort of my internal
seam on my jacket.
I'm going to put all my heat here and create
scar tissue.
So everything that is white hot there
means that all this heat going in
is really going to end up tightening the skin.
The important thing is that she's awake.
She talking to me.
There's nothing safer than that.
And at the same time, she's having her arms done.
I just came out of surgery.
I feel great
I really didn't have much pain.
After the anesthesia, my arms went numb.
They're asleep but I'm not in pain at all.
I can lift my arms up and
I feel normal.
I can tell the difference now and they're a little swollen
but you can definitely see the difference.
I'm excited to see the end results in a couple of months.
It's been six weeks since my under arm liposuction.
I feel great and confident.
The people that I see the most, like my family
have definitely noticed the change in my arms
Like the definition and
just how much they shrunk.
The day after the surgery
I thought I was going to be a lot more pain than I was
but it wasn't that bad, just lifting my arms up
It wasn't anything drastic that I couldn't handle.
It was a little numb for a couple of days after that
But after the stitches came out
i was totally fine and didn't have a worry.
How've you been?
Good! I feel great.
How do you feel? All good?
Mhm.
Still numb?
Yeah, it's a little tingly.
Why don't you flex for me?
Well, it's only going to get better.
At this point this is exactly what your should look like.
Okay.
I'm excited for the summer time
to be wearing bathing suits and
and showing off my arms.
Before I used to feel not so confident
but now I'm excited and I feel great.
I don't have any regrets at all.
I would totally do it again on a different body part
if I could.
I totally recommend this surgery for women
who have self esteem issues.
It makes you feel really confident about your body.