Mommy Makeover Beverly Hills and Los Angeles

WHAT IS A MOMMY MAKEOVER?

A mommy makeover is a comprehensive multi-procedure surgical treatment to help women who’ve had children reverse some of the physical effects of pregnancy and childbirth. The majority of mommy makeovers include at least one abdominal or body procedure and one breast procedure. Every mommy makeover is catered to the individual, however, so what you choose to improve through surgery may be different than what another patient chooses.

By combining multiple procedures, women are able to both reclaim features of their pre-pregnancy body that they miss and achieve the aesthetic goals they’ve always dreamed of. The customization aspect hands over control to the patient so that she can focus on improving exactly what she wants.

Most mommy makeovers include some combination of the following procedures:

• Liposuction
• Tummy tuck
• Breast lift
• Breast augmentation
• Combined breast lift and augmentation

WHAT ISSUES DOES A MOMMY MAKEOVER ADDRESS?

Pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding can affect a woman’s body in a range of ways — from enlarging the breasts and stretching the abdomen, to changing the distribution of body fat and causing stretch marks and scars. While the experience of motherhood is one of life’s true joys, these changes can cause women to no longer appreciate their bodies as perhaps they once did.

Add to this the stress of caring for a newborn and, later, of raising infants, toddlers, and older children, and you realize why so many moms lack the confidence they should have. There’s often so little time for mothers to devote to themselves. But they deserve to put the spotlight on them for a change, and a mommy makeover can do just that.

Mommy makeovers address issues such as:

• A lack of breast volume
• Sagging breasts
• Enlarged nipples
• Excess abdominal skin
• Pockets of hard-to-lose fat
• Stretch marks
• Diastasis recti (separated abdominal muscles)

WHAT MAKES A GOOD MOMMY MAKEOVER CANDIDATE?

The best candidates for mommy makeovers are in good medical health and have realistic, healthy expectations about their bodies and getting surgery. For many women, a mommy makeover can give them a body they are fiercely confident about, but there are also limits to surgery that patients must be aware of.

It’s also important to note that while the procedure can help eliminate a small amount of excess body fat through liposuction and the removal of excess skin, it is not a weight loss procedure. Therefore, patients must be either at, or very close to, their goal weight.

Mommy makeover patients should also be done having children and done breastfeeding. It is not an imperative that you never get pregnant after the procedure. That is, there should be no serious medical problem with a pregnancy post-mommy makeover. However, your results may suffer if you get pregnant after a tummy tuck, liposuction, and/or a breast augmentation or breast lift.

These procedures rely on the patient staying at relatively the same body weight and composition in order for the results to last. With a subsequent pregnancy, however, the breasts, abdomen, and hips will enlarge and change shape, and the results of your mommy makeover surgery may disappear or change because of this.

Lastly, mommy makeover patients should be non-smokers. If you currently smoke and are interested in getting a mommy makeover, speak with Dr. Lahar about your options.