“Mommy makeover” is a term that came about as a way to describe a set of surgeries that help a woman address the areas of her body most significantly affected by childbirth and motherhood, including the breasts, abdomen, and thighs.
The procedures that make up a mommy makeover are some of the most common cosmetic procedures in the United States: breast augmentation, liposuction, and the tummy tuck.
At Rios Center for Plastic Surgery, we regularly perform mommy makeover surgery as a way to help our patients achieve their aesthetic goals.
What Is a Mommy Makeover?
A mommy makeover is a general term used to describe surgical procedures that address certain areas of a woman’s post-birth body.
These surgical procedures are customized according to the individual, and not all mommy makeovers are the same. However, in general, mommy makeovers include procedures performed on your breasts and abdomen.
Mommy makeover surgery has become increasingly popular as a solution to the circumstances many women face — circumstances that take a toll on the contour of your body.
These circumstances include:
- Aging
- Pregnancy
- Menopause
- Breastfeeding
- Weight gain or loss
When you gain weight or your abdomen becomes stretched during pregnancy, your skin may lose its elasticity and be unable to bounce back. This leaves you with irregularities in the contour of your body, including sagging skin or rolls.
Many women also lose breast volume or develop stubborn fat around their abdomens and hips that’s resistant to exercise and a healthy diet.
Mommy makeovers are a solution for all of these issues. Your mommy makeover is a customized set of procedures that address your individual problem areas to produce the best possible results.
Mommy Makeover Surgery Procedures
The mommy makeover is made up of several surgical procedures depending on the specific needs of the patient.
Breast Augmentation
Breast augmentation is a surgical procedure where we place artificial implants inside your chest cavity (either under the skin or under the muscle) to enhance the size of your breasts.
Breast augmentation can also help with shaping and contouring since breast implants come in a variety of textures, shapes, and sizes.
Breast Lift
A breast lift describes a surgical procedure without artificial implants. Instead, we remove the excess skin around your breasts, tighten the tissues, and reposition the breasts and areolas to produce a more lifted and youthful contour.
We can perform breast lifts along with breast augmentations. Sometimes, we perform these surgeries at the same time.
Breast Reduction
Many women experience an increase in breast size following pregnancy. Sometimes, the breasts reduce back to their original size, but other times the larger breasts are the new normal.
Overly large breasts can negatively impact your health and quality of life by causing back aches and pains, difficulty fitting into clothes, and more. Breast reduction surgery changes the size of your breasts so they are your preferred size while also being perkier.
Tummy Tuck
A tummy tuck is a cosmetic surgery where excess fat and skin on the abdomen are removed. From there, we tighten the fascia, your body’s connective tissue so that your abdomen is tighter overall as well as more toned looking.
A tummy tuck is a beneficial procedure for women whose skin has been stretched beyond the ability to bounce back. It’s also useful for those who cannot get rid of excess fat via diet and exercise alone.
BBL
A BBL, or Brazilian butt lift, is a procedure where fat from your hips, abdomen, thighs, or lower back is transferred to your buttocks to both augment and shape them.
When we use fat from your lower back and abdomen, the BBL can also result in a smaller, more chiseled waistline.
BBLs rely on liposuction to remove the initial fat. The removed fat is then injected directly into the buttocks.
An alternative to the BBL would be having artificial butt implants placed into the buttocks to help create volume. The right augmentation procedure for your rear end will depend not only on the shape of your body but also on your lifestyle and goals.
Liposuction
Liposuction is useful for more than just BBLs. Liposuction is an inherent part of the mommy makeover surgery process because liposuction allows us to permanently remove our patients’ excess pockets of fat.
Liposuction can target many areas on the body, particularly the arms, abdomen, hips, and thighs. Liposuction is useful for patients who have tried to eliminate fat through diet and exercise but have not been successful.
Arm Lift
Arm lift surgery is also known as Brachioplasty and is a procedure where the underside of the upper arm is tightened and reshaped.
If your upper arms are sagging or are generally loose due to excessive amounts of skin and fat, Brachioplasty during your mommy makeover can help.
Thigh Lift
Similar to an arm lift and a breast lift, thigh lift surgery reduces excess skin and fat around your thighs while tightening and contouring them.
When it comes to removing excess fat from the thighs, liposuction alone does the job right. However, when you have reduced skin elasticity or just too much excess skin overall, we may perform a thigh lift as well.
Mommy Makeover in Edinburg, TX
There are numerous procedures that can make up a mommy makeover. With so many options, how do you know which ones you need?
Our team at Rios Center for Plastic Surgery can help you create a customized mommy makeover with options that address all of your problem areas. Contact us now to learn more.
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