Mommy Makeover:A Complete Makeover Post Pregnancy

You carried your child for nine uncomfortable months, went through arduous labor, and after the birth you suffered from lack of sleep and possibly even postpartum depression. As a reward for your hard work and pain you were left with stretch marks, extra weight, and saggy boobs.

Something about this system doesn't seem fair! Of course your child is worth it and you would do it again in heartbeat but you deserve more. Your body deserves a mommy makeover.

A mommy makeover is a combination of plastic surgery procedures designed to correct the effects of pregnancy on the body. Post pregnancy plastic surgery combinations usually include, breast enhancement, liposuction, and abdominoplasty a procedure commonly referred to as a tummy tuck.

During pregnancy, the breasts begin to enlarge and stretch marks on the chest may even appear. After the birth, breasts become even larger as they fill with sufficient milk to feed the baby. For some this is a nuisance, but for many women it is like they have been given breast implants and a new desirable figure.

Unfortunately, the dream comes to a close when breast feeding ends and the breasts are left deflated and sagging. As part of a mommy makeover women can correct this feature with a breast enhancement procedure. This could mean a breast enlargement or a mastopexy.

Breast enlargement is done by the insertion of silicon or saline implants behind the breast tissue making them fuller and giving the breasts a desirable shape.

A mastopexy is the reshaping of the breast without inserting anything into the breasts. During the procedure the plastic surgeon cuts away excess skin, elevates the breast on the chest wall, and repositions and reduces the size of the nipple and areola.

Whatever procedure is used to enhance the breasts, you can be assured that the breasts will no longer look like deflated balloons hanging off your chest.

After pregnancy many women have difficulty losing the extra weight. If you have tried exercising and eating healthy and you still cannot kick the baby fat, then it may be a good idea to add liposuction to your mommy makeover.

Liposuction can be performed on many areas of the body where there is excess fat. This means fat can be removed from the abdomen, thighs, buttocks, neck, arms, face, etc. During liposuction fat is essentially vacuumed up through a hollow tube called a cannula inserted under the skin. In general, only small amounts of fat can be removed safely.

A very popular postpartum plastic surgery procedure is an abdominoplasty. This procedure is commonly known as a tummy tuck and is used when the skin and abdomen wall has been severely stretched, leaving a drooping abdomen.

During a tummy tuck the plastic surgeon removes excess skin and fat in the middle and lower abdomen in order to tighten the muscle and tissues. The belly button is often repositioned as well. The result is a more firm and attractive midsection, something most mothers sacrificed by birthing their children.

You can combine any one of these procedures as part of your mommy makeover. It may be advantageous to have them all performed in the same session; your recovery time may be longer but you save money on the anesthesia and hospital stay and when you have healed you will have a completely new and attractive figure.

Talk to your plastic surgeon about the best way to combine these surgeries. It is also important to note that you should not receive a mommy makeover until you are done having children because another pregnancy could negate all the work done by the plastic surgeon. But after your childbearing years are over understand that there is hope: you can get your old body back!