Patient 4 Gallery

Before and after Mommy Makeover in a 40 year old mother of three. She bounced back well after her first pregnancy (like many Moms do!), her belly stretched out significantly after her second pregnancy, and after her third she was congratulated all the time on her pregnancy – although her oldest was now four years of age! Her breasts had deflated and lost their volume. She wanted to get her pre-pregnancy breasts back, which were full D cups, and her formerly flat belly she was always so proud of.

Her Mommy Makeover included a breast augmentation and a lift (mastopexy-augmentation), a tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) and liposuction of her upper inner thighs and axillary rolls. These procedures can all be done together safely, with a single anesthetic, one night’s stay in the hospital and one postoperative recovery period.

Smooth round silicone gel breast implants were placed on top of the muscle for the most natural look and to replace missing breast volume. She did NOT want her breasts to look fake! A breast lift raised the position of her nipples, decreased her areola diameter and tucked loose, baggy breast skin around the new breast shape.

A tummy tuck repaired her abdominal muscles back together in the midline and corrected her “rectus diastasis”, effectively reconstructing her abdominal wall anatomy. Her abdominal skin was pulled tightly downward and her belly button was brought out through a new skin opening as a cute “innie”.

Liposuction of small areas of armpit fat (“axillary rolls”) and upper inner thighs completed her procedure. After surgery, she took a month off work and allowed her family and friends to take over her Mommy duties. She returned to exercise at six weeks and wisely gave herself the time needed for full recovery before she resumed volunteer duties and other extracurricular activities.

Follow up photos are shown 10 weeks after surgery. She has begun scar therapy and her nerves are starting to wake up. There are several areas of “post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation”, which is very common in dark skinned individuals. She understands it will be a full year before her scars are near their final stages of maturation and up to a year before her sensation returns fully.