One of the most popular plastic surgery procedures is a mommy makeover. This is designed to correct the issues women face during and after pregnancy.
This technique is now one of the most popular surgery choices for not just celebrities but also moms who want to feel confident and look great after having a baby.
It’s a phrase that includes a variety of different procedures that improve a woman’s body long after pregnancy is over. Anything from a lipo to a Brazilian butt lift. The reason why this is one of the most popular procedures is that it’s not a one-size-fits-all program, but instead a variety of procedures which fit the needs of the patient’s body.
Why is it for moms?
After a woman has a child, certain parts of her body undergo changes.
For example, the breasts enlarge due to feeding, up to a full cup size or greater. When they return to “normal,” they tend to sag, though. A mommy makeover tackles this aspect in a woman through breast augmentation surgery.
A mom may also get a mommy makeover because of her abdominal area. The abdominal muscles and tissue stretch immensely to accommodate the baby. After childbirth, it may not go back to the shape that it was after having a baby. A mommy makeover helps correct this aspect.
So it helps moms feel confident and happy in who they are.
The Most Common Procedures in a Mommy Makeover.
Now that you know why a woman might have a mommy makeover, let’s go over what procedures this entails.
Breast Augmentation
According to data from the American Academy of plastic surgery, breast augmentation is the top surgical procedure sought.
Breast augmentation usually entails replacing the current breasts with implants or a fat transfer, restoring the volume. Most women who experience pregnancy get this one, resulting in round breasts and improves not only the size of breasts but asymmetry too.
Some mommy makeovers include a breast reduction, which is the surgical removal of breast tissue to reduce the size of them, oftentimes sought out after a mom breastfeeds and the breasts don’t go back to the previous size.
Finally, there’s a breast lift, which according to the ASPS, has grown in popularity by 70%, outpacing other breast augmentation procedures 2:1. So it’s definitely more popular and for a reason.
Breast lifts help bring the breasts upward so that they’re full and perky once again. After pregnancy and breastfeeding, your breasts tend to droop and sag, and that’s a sign of weak tissue. With a breast lift, it brings the nipple towards the center again, making them pretty and youthful too!
Labiaplasty
A labiaplasty is a procedure used to reduce your labia minora size and is a part of genital plastic surgery.
Some women, after they have a child, might notice their labia is much larger, and it can cause pain or rubbing when they wear shorts, have sex, or even ride a bike. This causes irritation and itching, which can reduce a mom’s quality of life.
A labiaplasty reduces the size of the labia minora, so it doesn’t hang right below your labia majora, and the procedure helps to remove the extra tissue.
This reduces self-consciousness in moms who notice a change in their labia and reshapes it so that it doesn’t cause itching or chafing and also improves the quality of life.
Liposuction and abdominoplasty
These surgeries target the abdominal area, removing the excess fat and skin that sags in order to make it tighter, and improve the skin surface.
Abdominoplasty is used to help tighten up the skin and get rid of dimples. While an abdominoplasty does not remove fat, liposuction does, removing the fat to reduce the size of the abdominal area, and then the abdominoplasty is used to help contour correctly with the rest of your body.
After motherhood, the abdominal skin may lose elasticity. These procedures can help with improving the quality of your body and tighten up these areas.
The abdomen is a huge problem for most patients who’ve gotten pregnant in the past, and these two procedures can improve everything. Some moms might not need liposuction but instead a tummy tuck.
To qualify for a tummy tuck, you need loose skin under your belly button, and if you’ve experienced menopause, pregnancy, or gained weight, you qualify for this procedure. The result of this is a flat, lifted abdominal cavity that looks perfect and helps get rid of skin that’s loose or fat above and below the belly button area, creating a contour you’ll love.
Some moms may worry about liposuction, but it’s a safe procedure, and according to an analysis of complaints about liposuction over 10 years, only 1.6% of patients had a complaint about the procedure.
Getting rid of troublesome fat is hard, and sometimes the tissue doesn’t go back to the way that it was before. Abdominoplasty and liposuction can give you newfound confidence.
Buttock Augmentation
Buttock augmentation is another procedure mommy makeovers tackle.
Some moms lose the shape of their buttocks after having a child due to the sudden gaining of weight, the stretching of tissues, and the later return to normal size.
Buttocks augmentation can be done through implants, grafting the fat, or combining both of these. This helps improve the roundness and fullness of your butt, balances your figure, and gives you newfound confidence.
Most moms struggle with returning to their previous body size after having a kid, and a perky butt is something most women want to have. With a butt augmentation, that’s possible, and it doesn’t even require implants these days either!
Conclusion
A mommy makeover typically involves each of these procedures, or a couple of them, depending on the situation.
Some of them also involve arm and thigh fat reduction too, but this depends on your body and if it’ll look good on you.
With this surgery, recovery can take about 3-4 weeks or sometimes longer, but once you’ve recovered, you’ll get a new lease on life, feel confident and sexy, and be happier with your body than ever before!
