Batwing Arms

If, one day, you find your arms start to become batwing arms, and without taking any proper actions, you may have to say goodbye to your cute cami tops, sleeveless dress, or your other favorite arm-showing clothes. It is because batwing arms destroy slim-arms looking and create a chunky body appearance. Batwing fat is stubborn, once it develops, it will be a long term battle.

What is batwing arms

Batwing arms, as the name suggests, are the arms with a bat wing appearance. The appearance is due to the excessive fat stored at the tricep area where the inner side of the upper arm is.

The batwing arms are also known as “bye bye” arms because of its swinging motion of the arm fat caused when we wave our arms goodbye.

Causes

1. Lack of arm exercises

In our daily life, we use our forearms more frequently than the upper arms. Prolonged inactivity is prone to storing fat at the upper arm and causing the formation of batwing arms.

2. Poor lymphatic drainage of the upper limbs

Poor lymphatic drainage of the upper limbs limits the vital water circulation and causes edema/swelling at the upper arms. If the person also experiences poor blood circulation or slow metabolism, arms are prone to storing fat.

3. Bad sitting posture

Trapezius muscles, deltoid muscles and triceps muscles are in their relaxed state when we are at bad postures such as slouching in a chair or rounded shoulders. Over time, fat will store around these inactive muscles and bring you batwing arms.

4. Genetic influence

Diet and exercise can change our body shape such as the size of our arms. However, inheritance could play a bigger part in it. Scientific studies show that there are genes that are related to weight/fat. Therefore, having batwing arms could be inherited for some people.

Symptoms

The fat of the batwing arms are located at the triceps area which is the inner side of the upper arms.

This is how batwing arms are visualized on a skeleton model:

Affected people

1. Batwing arm is a common problem among white collar and gold collar workers because they work at their desks using the computer for prolonged periods of time without a frequent use of their upper arms. Therefore, the inactive upper arms are likely to store fat.

2. Women are more likely to store fat in the upper arms than men. The estrogen in women influences where the fat will be stored, and abdomen, arms and legs are prone to storing fat.

3. People who lack exercise or have not maintained a regular workout routine. Batwing fat is stubborn fat and difficult to reduce.

4. Surface area of the triceps muscle is big. Therefore, even though you are a lean woman, if the triceps has not been used or trained for a while, stubborn fat will be easily stored at the area

5. Not only women, a male body can also develop batwing arms. Muscular middle-age man with 6-pack abs may have two batwing arms that he is hoping to get rid of.

Treatment

A. LIPOcel

What is LIPOcel:

LIPOcel is a state-of-the-art Non-Invasive, Non-Surgical treatment for focal fat reduction and precision body contouring; treating the flanks, stomach, arms, knees and back of thighs with impressive results (20 to 40% Reduction*).

How does it work:

LIPOcel’s high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) destroys fat cells without damaging peripheral tissue resulting in circumferential reduction.

Procedure:

1、Face-to-face consultation: Customise a unique treatment plan for each client based on their condition and desired result.

2、LIPOcel: Clean and disinfect the treatment area, HIFU treatment.

3、Post-treatment precautions.

Duration: 30-45 mins

Who is it for:

√  People who are not significantly overweight but looking for a reduction of stubborn fat at specific areas such as shoulders, abdomens and buttocks;

√  People who have fat deposited at the waist or abdomen and want to rebuild their waistline by fat burning and muscle building;

√  People who have loosen skin and want to reshape their body contour and tighten their skin

√  People who want to build muscle and burn fat at the same time;

√  People who want to rebuild their body silhouette after childbirth;

√  People who want a non-invasive fat reduction treatment without any involvement of surgical operation, liposuction or general anesthesia;

√  People who lack sufficient exercise and want to lose fat healthily;