Get Back to Your Pre-Baby Body with Mommy Makeover

If you are a mother (especially of multiple children), you are well aware of the effects pregnancy and breastfeeding have on the body. Some mothers look exactly the same after having children but for many moms, pregnancy and breastfeeding ravage the body — especially the breasts and abdomen.

San Diego mothers that are unhappy with their appearance after having children turn to Dr. Abhay Gupta for mommy makeover treatment. The term “mommy makeover” describes a set of surgical procedures designed to reverse the physical changes associated with pregnancy and nursing. Every mommy makeover is tailored to the individual needs of the patient, but the results are the same: a beautiful body and a happy mom!

Do you find yourself looking longingly at photographs of yourself from before you had kids? Do you yearn for a well-proportioned, healthy and youthful look? Dr. Gupta can help. Here is what your mommy makeover could possibly achieve:

Improve Breast Shape, Size and Position

Pregnancy and nursing affect women’s breasts differently: some balloon up in size and never go back to their modest cup size. Others watch as their breasts completely deflate and lay flat like pancakes. Most of the time, the breasts start to migrate southward on the chest.

Nearly every mommy makeover includes a breast surgery component. Depending on your needs and goals, your mommy makeover could include breast augmentation to restore volume, breast reduction to remove excess breast tissue or breast lift to reposition saggy breasts higher on the chest. Breast lift can be combined with breast augmentation or reduction if needed.

Flatten and Firm the Abdominal Area

The second area addressed in a mommy makeover is the abdomen. Carrying a child causes the abdominal skin and tissues to stretch, the muscles to weaken and fat deposits to accumulate. Even months (or years!) after delivery, the abdomen may never look the same as it did before babies.

Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) corrects these abdominal-related concerns. During surgery, excess skin and fat are removed, the abdominal wall musculature is repaired and the skin is tightened over the improved abdominal contour.

Remove Excess Pockets of Fat

It is not uncommon for excess fat to accumulate in other areas of the body during pregnancy. If diet and exercise fail to reduce these pockets of fat, liposuction can be incorporated into a mommy makeover. Nearly any area (including the “love handles,” buttocks, hips, thighs, knees, back, neck and chin) can be slimmed with liposuction.

To discuss your personal pregnancy-related concerns with our board certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Abhay Gupta, please call (858) 408-6100 today and request a consultation.

Fun Fact of the Month: Octuplets are the largest set of multiple babies to be born alive in the United States. The only set to survive infancy was born to a California woman named Nadya Suleman in 2009.