If you go by what you see in celebrity images on newsstands, “bouncing back” from pregnancy is as simple as eating a couple of salads and taking a single hike at Torrey Pines. But for any woman who has had children and tried her darnedest to bounce back in a few mere weeks, it’s pretty clear that it’s not quite so easy.
If you’ve tried your best but have found that diet and exercise alone just aren’t working, maybe it’s time for a Mommy Makeover. At San Diego Body Contouring, we can put together a customized combination of procedures to help you get your body back. Take a look below at some of the ways your body changes after pregnancy – and how a Mommy Makeover can help you get your pre-pregnancy body back.
You may lose cup size or firmness
Some women gain a breast size or two during pregnancy and then maintain that size even after the baby is born. But for other women, it’s the opposite. After pregnancy and breastfeeding, some women wind up with smaller breasts. Even those who gain in size still sometimes lose the perk and firmness of their breasts, so although they have larger breasts, they experience sagging. These breast changes can be extremely disappointing to women who particularly enjoyed the size and shape of their breasts before pregnancy.
How a Mommy Makeover can help: Breast augmentation is a customizable procedure that can be added to any Mommy Makeover. Dr. Sarosy has performed hundreds of breast lift and breast enlargement surgeries, as well as other procedures to address cup size, breast volume, nipple size and placement, asymmetry, tuberous breast correction, and more. And hey, even if you didn’t lose a cup size in pregnancy, you can still enhance and enlarge your breasts. It’s up to you!
Your belly may bulge
Diastasis recti is a common condition that affects many women during and after pregnancy. It’s a condition in which the right and left halves of the Rectus Abdominis muscle spread apart, and it’s usually the result of both the force of the uterus pushing against the abdominal wall, and the softening of connective tissue due to pregnancy hormones. Unfortunately, diastasis recti gives some women a belly bulge that sticks around long after the baby is walking and talking.
How the Mommy Makeover helps: When you add a tummy tuck procedure to your mommy makeover, we’ll surgically tighten the muscles in your abdominal wall and remove the excess fatty tissue and skin.
Your may have new stubborn fatty pockets
Once a woman has had a baby, her body will never be exactly the same as it was before. Her hips may be a little bit wider, and her feet may be a little bit bigger (yes, really!), and some of these changes are often very beautiful. You may feel more voluptuous and womanly than you did before your pregnancy, and that’s a good thing. But you may also discover stubborn pockets of fat that you never had before. For example, you may find that you have excess fat in your back, your love handles, your arms or your neck, and no matter how healthy you eat or how often you go to the gym, they just won’t go away.
How the Mommy Makeover can help: Liposuction is a wonderful procedure to add to your Mommy Makeover when you want to address pockets of fat that won’t budge with diet and exercise. Dr. Sarosy can use liposuction to help refine the contours your beautiful, voluptuous curves.
Ready to get your body back?
Come see us at San Diego Body Contouring. Let Dr. Sarosy put together a customized set of procedures that will help you look and feel great again – and maybe even a little better than you did before.
You deserve a Mommy Makeover. Give us a call to schedule yours today!
