{"id":14675,"date":"2026-02-11T12:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/plastic-surgery-before-and-after\/brachioplasty-results-65-year-old-international-patients-natural-looking-upper-arm-restoration\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T09:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:42:21","slug":"brachioplasty-results-65-year-old-international-patients-natural-looking-upper-arm-restoration","status":"publish","type":"before-after","link":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/plastic-surgery-before-and-after\/brachioplasty-results-65-year-old-international-patients-natural-looking-upper-arm-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Brachioplasty Results: 65-Year-Old International Patient\u2019s Natural-Looking Upper Arm Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":14674,"template":"","meta":{"h1_first_part":"Brachioplasty Results:","h1_second_part":"65-Year-Old International Patient\u2019s Natural-Looking Upper Arm Restoration","patient_age":"65","patient_country":"USA","primary_concern":"<p>At 65, this international patient was more active than most people decades younger \u2014 and increasingly irritated that her arms did not show it. Substantial brachial ptosis, the medical term for sagging upper-arm tissue, made her arms feel physically heavy and had quietly banned sleeveless clothing from her wardrobe years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Her first question was the one most patients her age ask: is 65 too old for a <strong>brachioplasty<\/strong>? Her before and after is the answer her assessment predicted.<\/p>","surgeon_approach":"<p>Candidacy, not age, decides these cases; her health profile cleared her comfortably. Dr Akif then performed a full <a href=\"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/arm-lift-in-turkey\/\">arm lift<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Full-length correction:<\/strong> a calculated incision along the inner arm allowed removal of the heavy, redundant tissue from armpit to elbow.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight and shape together:<\/strong> the localised fat deposits removed with the skin, so the arms became lighter as well as firmer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skin-quality handling:<\/strong> closure technique adjusted for mature skin, prioritising an even, calm healing line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What the after photos show:<\/strong> restored, natural upper arms on a woman whose activity finally has a matching silhouette \u2014 sleeves now optional. Her initial recovery ran about four weeks before returning to full routine.<\/p>\n<p>Older candidates are assessed individually, beginning with the photo review described on our <a href=\"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/your-patient-journey\/\">patient journey<\/a> page.<\/p>","recovery_timeline":"4 weeks"},"before-after-procedures":[143],"before-after-categories":[119],"class_list":["post-14675","before-after","type-before-after","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","before-after-procedures-arm-lift-brachioplasty","before-after-categories-body-contouring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after\/14675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/before-after"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after\/14675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14681,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after\/14675\/revisions\/14681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"before-after-procedures","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after-procedures?post=14675"},{"taxonomy":"before-after-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after-categories?post=14675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}