Mommy Makeover

Breast Enhancement

For most new mothers, breastfeeding is always a must. But after the breastfeeding period is over, your breasts lose their youthfulness and perkiness, and they are left buckling under gravity.

When it comes to Breast Enhancement under the umbrella of the Mommy Makeover, you have a few choice procedures that will improve the look and feel of your breasts. Each breast procedure is chosen depending on how your breasts have changed post-pregnancy and breastfeeding. These include;

• Breast Lift: With a breast lift surgery, also known Mastopexy, you can lift up your breasts to make them perky and firm without adjusting their sizes. This will restore their pre-baby angle. This procedure is best for those who are comfortable with their breast sizes but need to firm them up and reduce excessive sagging. During a breast lift surgery, a plastic surgeon tightens the breast tissues, reshapes them and gets rid of excess skin, which will leave your breasts looking and feeling firm, perky and youthful.
• Breast Augmentation: Also known as Augmentation Mammoplasty, this particular procedure increases the fullness of your breasts, improves the symmetry, and restores their volume. This is done with the use of breast implants or autologous fat transfer from other parts of your body to your breasts. The goal of this procedure is to either make your breasts bigger than what they were before giving birth or to restore them to the same size, albeit with a better shape.
• Breast Reduction: Due to hormone changes during pregnancy, breast size can at times increase to more than what it was before. For some women, the breasts reduce in size after birth, while for others they never revert to what they were before. Although big breasts are quite desirable, they can also bring with them a whole lot of discomforts like shoulder and back pain as well as an interference with your daily activities. This is when a breast reduction surgery, also known as a Reduction Mammaplasty, is required. During the breast reduction procedure, the surgeon removes excess breast tissue as well as skin and repositions the nipples if necessary.

Liposuction

Liposuction is a body contouring procedure that surgically removes stubborn fat cells from certain areas of the body with the aim of defining the body silhouette. When it comes to having a liposuction procedure as part of a Mommy Makeover, several parts of the body can be targeted, with the most common being the stomach.

Liposuction targets fatty deposits within the body, which accumulated during pregnancy, and which are stubborn enough to resist diet and/or exercise. The procedure also tightens loose skin, which is synonymous with pregnancy and childbirth.

Tummy Tuck

The stomach is the one area of the body that changes the most during and after pregnancy. It is also the most noticeable area of the body. As the pregnancy progresses, the stomach stretches; and when you finally deliver, the waistline is the last area to snap back to what it was before, that is if you are lucky.

In case the waistline doesn’t snap back, there is always the option of exercise and diet, but this sometimes doesn’t work, no matter how much effort you put in. The excess saggy skin stays in place while the stubborn fatty deposits refuse to shift even an inch. When this happens, then a Tummy Tuck procedure, also known as an Abdominoplasty, is called for and can be combined with a liposuction procedure depending on your needs.

During a Tummy Tuck procedure, the plastic surgeon surgically removes any excess skin and tightens the waistline giving it a well-contoured definition. If combined with liposuction, the surgeon removes the excess fatty deposits before doing away with the excess skin and eventually tightening the stomach muscles.

A Tummy Tuck procedure gives you a more firm, flatter, and smoother waistline, which is not only aesthetically appealing but adds up your self-esteem and confidence.