Mommy Makeover and Breast Reduction and Lift

What is Mommy Makeover?

Abdominoplasty, Breast Reduction, Breast Augmentations, or Breast Lifts are often procedures associated with a Mommy Makeover. A mommy makeover is a designer procedure that may represent different things to different people as having babies changes all women in different ways.

Candidates for abdominoplasty include:

• Large abdomen particularly in the lower abdomen
• Large lower abdominal over-hang of skin and tissue
• Large amountts of stretch marks
• Stretched and or weak abdominal wall and muscles

Candidates for Breast Reduction

• Large breasts that are disproportionate to your frame
• Large breasts that you simply want to have smaller or lifted
• Insurance will often cover a breast reduction so ask about having us help
• You get a lot of unwanted attention from having larger breasts
• You find it difficult to exercise from having larger breasts
• You have difficulty finding bras and clothes because of the size of larger breasts
• Rashes or other skin irritations due to larger breasts

Candidates who benefit from addition of liposuction:

• localized fat in the flanks and lower back
• localized fat anywhere on the body
• liposucton of the flanks will add additional curvature to make a better hour-glass

Surgery Time:

• Full abdominoplasty will take about 3 hours depending on your size
• Breast reduction will take about 3 hours depending on your size
• Liposuction will add about 30 minutes per area

Time to return to work:

• Most patients will return to work in about 2 weeks
• Some ambitious patients will often return to work after 1 wek

Final results:

Final shape takes 3 to 6 months but it is like a curve. Most will look pretty good in 1 month