What's Included in a Mommy Makeover?

There’s no denying that pregnancy and birth are life-changing experiences. While many of those changes are exciting, the lingering changes to your body can be less than thrilling.

Your baby has arrived, but you’re dismayed to learn that your body didn’t bounce back to its pre-pregnancy tone and contours. Fortunately, a mommy makeover can help, featuring custom treatments tailored to the unique challenges of post-pregnancy “mom bods.”

At Luminary Dermatology, our team specializes in mommy makeovers that help moms restore their bodies and their confidence. Here, learn what a mommy makeover may entail and how we can tailor your treatment — and your results — just for you.

Tummy tuck

Pregnancy takes a toll on your whole body, but there’s no denying the significant impact it can have on your belly. Being pregnant doesn’t just stretch the skin in your belly region — it stretches and strains the muscles that support your belly and give it its contours. 

Those changes mean that no matter how many crunches, situps, or planks you do after your baby is born, there’s a good chance you can’t restore those sleek, tight, toned curves. In fact, many women find their belly muscles separate after pregnancy, a relatively common problem called diastasis recti.

Also called abdominoplasty, tummy tuck surgery is designed to address both excess skin and flabby or damaged muscle tissue. During your procedure, the surgeon removes extra skin while repositioning and repairing underlying muscles. The result is a slimmer, flatter belly and a more resilient core.

Breast lift

Next to the tummy area, the breasts are also subjected to significant changes during pregnancy — and for months afterward if you decide to breastfeed. Pregnancy enlarges your breast glands, stretching out your skin and straining the muscles that support your breasts. 

After pregnancy and breastfeeding, many women find their breasts sag and droop, causing a lot of issues with their self-confidence. Breast lift surgery (or mastopexy) gently repositions your breasts, restoring their pre-pregnancy, lifted position for an improved profile and greater confidence, too.

Breast augmentation or reduction

In addition to sagging, you might find your breasts have lost volume (particularly after breastfeeding) or become larger than you’d like. Our team offers both breast augmentation and breast reduction surgery to help you achieve the results you’re looking for.

In breast augmentation, we help you decide on the size and type of implants you want for natural-looking results. Breast reduction surgery removes excess breast tissue along with extra skin that makes your breasts look overly large or flabby. Depending on the size of your breasts, reduction surgery may also help relieve back pain caused by muscle strain.

Body contouring 

With body contouring, we use liposuction and noninvasive contouring methods to eliminate fat from specific areas of your body. Many women select body contouring in combination with other procedures to fine-tune their results. Body contouring can also be used on its own once you’ve reached or are near your ideal post-pregnancy weight.

With liposuction, we can take the fat cells removed from one area of your body — like your tummy — and transfer them to another part of your body — like your breasts or buttocks — to enhance your contours. 

One more note about body contouring: While the other procedures on this list are typically recommended for women who are done bearing children, body contouring can be used at any time — even if you plan on having more children in the future.

Restore your body and your confidence

Being a mom can be an amazing experience, one that should fill you with joy and confidence. To learn how a mommy makeover can help you feel and look your best, book an appointment online or by phone with our team at Luminary Dermatology. 

For your convenience, our Florida offices include Arcadia, Miami, Homestead, Sarasota, Venice, Longboat Key, Bradenton, and Northport.