Who is a good candidate for a Mommy Makeover? It is almost any woman who has given birth to one or more children, who has lost her youthful abdomen, and whose breasts have become small and/or droopy. If this is you and you would like to have your pre-pregnancy figure back, you are a great candidate for a Mommy Makeover.

The Mommy Makeover has three components – the breast augmentation/lift with or without implants; the abdominoplasty with correction of separated abdominal muscles; liposuction.

Why did your body change? The breasts on some women become smaller, and because nursing gives up the glands, they may be deflated but not truly droopy. With some women, since the skin has been stretched from pregnancy breasts,the breasts may be smaller and droopy.

The abdomen has been stretched to allow the uterus to grow which gives you the wonderful baby, but the muscles of the abdomen (known as rectusabdominus) separate so that the uterus does not grow straight up, hit your diaphragm and stop you from breathing when you deliver. This separation of muscles is called rectus diastasis, and is the primary reason why a woman has a “potbelly” no matter how much she may work out. This muscle separation is allowing your bowels to come forward without any muscles to hold them back.

Finally, the change in your body metabolism that goes along with your pregnancy, often called “baby fat”, leads to added weight on your hips, outer thighs, inner thighs, etc.

What can a mommy makeover plastic surgeon offer you?

Breast lifts with or without implants and breast augmentation can correct a post pregnancy breast problem (breast lift photos). A tummy tuck, also known as an abdominoplasty with correction to the rectusdiastasis, can flatten your stomach and give you an attractive belly button.Some side benefits may include the fact when you tighten the muscles in the abdomen, you take tension off the back which then lessens chronic low backpain.

When you pull the loose skin of the abdomen downward, you are also pulling the vulva upward, putting the urethra (the little tube that you urinate with) back in its natural location (incontinence pads were invented for women who had multiple pregnancies – you laugh, you pee, you cough, you pee).

Very often,abdominoplasty will correct this problem. The female clitoris also moves down when there is loose skin on the abdomen. An abdominoplasty moves it back up to its normal, more pleasurable position (abdominoplasty pictures on our sister site, MauiBody).

Finally, the benefits of liposuction are well known to everyone. Women under 40 can have liposuction almost anywhere other than the abdomen with some rare exceptions (liposuction pictures on our sister site, MauiBody).

The Mommy Makeover is the best thing you will ever do for yourself. You will be thrilled with the new you. At Breast Implant Center of Hawaii, we feel that surgery does not end at surgery. We do ultrasound to speed the healing from liposuction and we use a very special kind of tape to minimize any type of scarring either on your breasts or abdomen. All liposuction incisions are sutured under the skin so that there are no stitches to remove. 99% of our breast augmentations are through the armpit, under the muscle with an endoscope for minimal bruising, minimal scarring, and faster healing time.We all live longer today than our grandparents and parents did. Since 40 is the new 20, you should look as good or better than you did when you were 20.