You may be a candidate if you:

• Have stretched abdominal skin or sagging breasts because of pregnancy or breast-feeding.
• Not pregnant or breastfeeding.
• You are looking to get your pre-pregnancy appearance back.

You’ll prepare for your procedure by:

• Undergo some laboratory tests.
• Stop medications that increase the risk of bleeding during surgery.
• Quit Smoking.
• Stop drinking alcohol.
• Avoid food and drink on the day of surgery.

• • When you awake, you’ll be wearing compression garments to support healing and reduce swelling.
  • You have to avoid certain physical activity in the weeks following your procedure.
  • Dr. Abeer Sawwaf will give you personalized instructions for at-home care.
  • And surly you have to schedule a return visits with Dr. Abeer to monitor your progress and removes bandages and stitches.

   

  RESULTS:

  Swelling is normal following a mommy makeover, so your final results will not be visible until several weeks after the procedure.

Not a Weight Loss Surgery

Mommy Makeover is not considered a weight loss procedure, and should not be viewed as a substitute for good diet and exercise. The actual weight of the removed tissue is almost always less than 10 pounds.

The Ideal Weight for this surgery

Patients must have a body mass index (BMI) that is below 35, and ideally less than 30. Because as BMI increases beyond 35, the final result tends not to be as good, and the risk of a complication tends to increase. If your abdomen has significant visceral adipose (fat beneath the muscle layer), muscle tightening will not be effective in the long-term. And it will bulge out again with time.

Pregnancy after Mommy Makeover

This procedure can be performed in patients who plan to have pregnancies in the future. There will be no ill-effects to the pregnancy or the baby’s growth and development, but patients should understand that pregnancy may alter their Tummy Tuck and Breast Augmentation results.

Smoking and Mommy Makeover

Smoking is a significant risk factor for wound healing complications; we require you to stop smoking at least 15 days prior to surgery, and not to resume during the healing period.