What is Involved in a Mommy Makeover?

Let’s face it. Pregnancy can wreak havoc on a woman’s body. In order to get back their pre-pregnancy shapes, many women choose to undergo liposculpture or smart lipo, which is also known as a mommy makeover.

A mommy makeover can be whatever you want it to be. If you’re still carrying some excess fat around the middle or if you have a lot of loose abdominal skin, tummy tuck surgery may be just what you need to get you back in shape. During tummy tuck surgery, also known as abdominoplasty, the abdominal muscles are tightened and excess fat and skin are removed.  After tummy tuck surgery, you should wear an abdominal binder to help with your tummy tuck recovery for best results.

If you don’t have a lot of loose skin, but you find you’ve got some stubborn areas of fat that you can’t get rid of, or liposculpture or liposuction might be a good option for you. During a liposuction procedure, tiny incisions are made in the problem areas and fat is suctioned out.  Compression garments are an important part of the after surgery recovery.  Make sure your plastic surgeon knows which post surgical support garment will give you the best results.

Sagging breasts are quite common after pregnancy. If your breasts have lost their volume, you might want to consider breast augmentation surgery, also known as breast enhancement or breast implant surgery. During breast augmentation surgery, breast implants are surgically placed beneath the breast tissue or under the muscles of the chest. If your breasts are also drooping, a combination breast augmentation and breast lift may be an ideal choice for you.  Post surgery, it is important to wear a support garment to help keep your implants in place.  Compression support bras, breast augmentation bras and other compression support vests are a good idea for the best results.

Because pregnancy can result in more than one problem area, you may want to ask your plastic surgeon about combining plastic surgery procedures.  And as always, make sure you speak with him/her about the best compression garments for the surgery procedures you are undertaking.

Everyone has scars. Whether your scars are due to injury or are a result of a surgical procedure, there’s no reason you have to live with them. There are products on the market today that can help you reduce the appearance of scars, whether they are old or new. This includes surgical scars, burn scars, keloids, hypertrophic scars, and most scars resulting from trauma. What these products do is soften and smooth the scar allowing it to blend with the surrounding skin. They also limit the growth of the scar, and reduce height, thickness, and discoloration.

For a completely healed scar, applying silicone sheeting is the best way to ensure that your scar will be as unnoticeable as possible. Silicone sheeting is also a convenient alternative to messy scar creams and gels. Adding to the convenience of silicone sheeting is that it comes in precut shapes to cover plastic surgery scars. Precut shapes are available for the following types of surgery:

• Breast augmentation
• Liposuction
• Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty)
• Arm lift (brachioplasty)
• Umbilicoplasty
• C-Section

Scar gels and creams can be used alone or in conjunction with silicone sheeting. The main benefit to using a scar cream over silicone sheeting is that it can be easily applied throughout the day.