Mommy Makeover
Mommy makeover turkey is a combined type of surgery that aims restore body of the mother, which has suffered from changes due to pregnancy and postpartum period, to its prepartum (before pregnancy) condition. Mommy makeover usually involves breast aesthetic, tummy tuck and liposuction.
What is Mommy Makeover ?
Mommy Makeover
Types of surgeries performed for these body parts are subject to inter-patient variations. Female body is associated with enlargement of breast, deposition of fat in abdomen, formation of stretch marks and increased fat accumulation in low back, back and legs secondary to weight gain during and after pregnancy.
Which procedures are required for Mommy Makeover?
Among the most satisfying operations for our patients
Mommy makeover basically involves tummy tuck, breast aesthetic and liposuction. Stretch marks may occur in abdominal skin secondary to pregnancy. These marks are also an indication of poor skin quality.
Moreover, abdominal muscles may weaken and separate (rectus diastasis) in the pregnancy. When mommy makeover is performed, excess abdominal skin is removed and abdominal muscles are re approximated. Thus, patient’s abdomen will look firm, fit and athletic. In addition, waist circumference will be reduced with liposuction performed in flanks, back and lower back. As a result, waistline will be narrower and look athletic and charmingly curved. In mommy makeover surgery, breast region is also operated on.
Certain changes occur in breasts as a result of pregnancy and breastfeeding. Breast gain volume due to hormonal reasons in pregnancy period and they change again when breastfeeding period ends.
Breasts can be larger comparing to their sizes before pregnancy, they may lose volume and appear smaller and sagging might be occur or they may return to their shapes and volumes before pregnancy.
Who are good candidates for Mommy Makeover?
Mommy makeover surgery can be performed 1 year after delivery at the earliest. Completion of breastfeeding period is crucial especially for breast surgeries. The most suitable time for breast surgeries is 1 year after completion of breastfeeding.
If breast surgery is performed in an earlier period, the volume of breast cannot be exactly evaluated as the mammary ducts in the breast are active and breast tissue becomes vulnerable to infections.
In short, the body should return to normal in terms of hormonal balance, breast milk production in the breasts should have stopped 1 year ago and the mothers who are candidates for surgery should have almost returned to their normal bodyweights for mommy makeover surgery.
Which procedures are performed for mommy makeover?
Mommy makeover basically involves three procedures, including tummy tuck, breast aesthetic and liposuction. Combining abdominoplasty, also called tummy tuck, with liposuction for flanks, back and low back will ensure the slim waist the patients desire.
Liposuction or extra surgical procedures can be performed for arms and legs in mommy makeover.
However, I recommend postponing the procedures that intend arms and legs to second session in order not to prolong the surgery and not to enlarge the surgical site too much. Moreover, breast surgeries are inevitable part of the mommy makeover.
Here, options include breast reduction, breast lift and breast augmentation or combination of breast lift and augmentation depending on patient’s needs. If breasts are too large as a result of pregnancy, breast reduction can be performed. If volume of breasts is almost normal, but breasts are sagging, breast lift is preferred.
If volume of breast has decreased following lactation, breast prosthesis can be used or if loss of breast volume is accompanied with sagging in breasts, breast lift can be combined with augmentation.
What should be done before mommy makeover?
Patients should have lost a part of weight gain after the surgery and have restored usual body weight to maximum extent before mommy makeover.
It should always be keeping mind that mommy makeover is a body recontouring procedure rather than a slimming surgery. Mothers should have stop lactation (breastfeeding) at least one year prior to undergo the mommy makeover especially if a breast surgery is involved.
Thus, swelling and volume increase arising out of both breastfeeding and hormonal factors will be normalized and milk ducts will close, resulting with lower risk of postoperative infection. Moreover, patients should have restored prepartum (before pregnancy) hormonal homeostasis before the surgery.
Smoker patients should quit smoking 4 weeks before the surgery and they should also avoid smoking for at least 4 weeks after the surgery. Moreover, people with co-existing disease should be consulted with relevant department to clarify whether they can undergo the surgery or not.
Since it is a combined surgery, blood counts should be slightly above physiological ranges. Otherwise, two surgical procedures can be planned, provided there is at least 6-month interval between two procedures.
What should patients take care of after mommy makeover?
Patients should be physically active to maximum extent after mommy makeover procedures. The longer patients walk without tiring themselves, the faster postoperative recovery is. Lower consumption of sugar and salt after the surgery will ensure quicker regression of edema.
Since patients are undergone abdominoplasty, they should not carry or lift heavy objects for 6 weeks. Patients, who undergo breast surgery, are recommended not to raise their arms too much for 6 weeks.
Is it possible to get pregnant again after mommy makeover?
This question is commonly asked also for abdominoplasty procedures. Yes. Patients may conceive again after mommy makeover or abdominoplasty. If a person falls a pregnant following mommy makeover, the pregnancy will provoke new changes and therefore, revision surgeries can be required.
Accordingly, I recommend my patients to undergo these surgeries when they decide not to conceive anymore. Thus, the beautiful shape of their body, which is created in this surgery, can be maintained for a longer time
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