Los Angeles Mommy Makeover

A mommy makeover has been frequently mentioned in the media. Hence, many mothers present to plastic surgeons asking for this procedure. A mommy makeover is more of a marketing rather a technical term. Following pregnancies many women experience changes in the shape of their body and face. A mommy makeover includes a set of plastic surgery procedures that would restore or improve the shape of the woman’s face and body after childbearing.

There is not a specific set of procedures. More commonly women are bothered by stretched abdominal skin and weak abdominal muscles, sagging breasts with dimished volume, fat excess in various areas. Therefore, a common combination of a mommy makeover procedures are a tummy tuck, liposuction of abdomen and flanks, and breast augmentation. Women who developed breast sagging would benefit from a breast lift in addition to breast enlargment using breast implants. These procedures can also be combined with a tummy tuck. In some women breasts may stay large and heavy and these women request a breast reduction.

Another common set of procedures is facial plastic surgery and body contouring. Commonly mothers in this group undergo such procedures as rhinoplasty combined with a breast augmentation or a tummy tuck.

So various combination of plastic surgical procedures can be performed as a mommy makerover. Dr. Grigoryants will discuss with you your goals and decide which combination of procedures can be performed safely and produce best results.

This patient underwent lipoabdominoplasty, which involves liposuction of the abdomen and flanks and a tummy tuck performed at the same time. Waist definition was improved using liposuction and muscle tightening.