one of our most common procedures at this time our mommy makeovers that's
actually a combination of procedures so today we're gonna talk about what that
journey is like from the first visit that you come in until the surgery is
actually completed I think that the process about the mommy makeover
actually starts probably before the baby ever comes people have this wonderful
period in their life where you're in your marriage or in your relationship
and you do a lot of exciting things you you're in love and you have this
physical attachment to your other person and then what happens with pregnancy and
the joy and everything that that brings there are physical changes and I think
that one of the things people look at afterwards is they're really happy with
the new bundle of joy and the baby and everything that that's brought but they
miss that vision and that experience that they had before so people start
thinking about that what it was like before the baby and then they start
thinking about what can I do to get back to that place this is what I'm missing
or this is what I want and the big thing in all that is the I this is about the
mom this is about the person who's had the baby it's not about what their
husband wants or their partner wants it's a very personal thing and sometimes
the spouse doesn't understand that like I love you the way you are you are great
you don't need to change anything for me and that's the key it's not for them
it's for the person who's actually going to undergo the journey I think that
probably the first place people go when they start thinking about this is the
internet because that's where a lot of this phenomenon came about a mommy
makeover is a group of procedures it actually probably came about just as a
marketing ploy by a plastic surgeon somewhere
honestly just to talk about the things that we commonly do after pregnancy the
most common is a tummy tuck because muscles have been stretched skin
has been stretched and you can't get those ABS flat no matter what you go
back you're doing a workout you're doing everything you did before but it just is
not paying off and that's the big area the second area the kind of pregnancy
takes at all on our breasts they get deflated they lose volume maybe there's
a little bit of sag there and so the combination of fixing the tummy and
fixing the breast that became that quote mommy makeover
you've been on the Internet you found us and you know that we're the place to
come to to talk about this you've looked at our before and afters and then what
are you gonna do you're gonna prepare yourself to come in and have a visit
with us and talk about what this is gonna mean for you individually and
address your individual needs that process is meeting with a doctor and one
of our specialized consultants and we're gonna talk yo u through the process first
we're gonna listen so we want to find out what is it that you want done what
is it that bothers you everybody's different it's a cliche but we really
customized the procedures you're gonna come in and say this bothers me this
bothers me we're going to say great this is what we can do to take care of that
we're gonna say you know what you look really good I don't think that it's
worth making a change in this area for you know the degree of looseness that
you have and so we'll be giving you that information as well if you're interested
in breastwork we're then gonna look at breast augmentation versus breast lift a
combination of the two and occasionally breast reduction some people's breasts
are just too large and they want to get that taken care of if we're looking at a
breast augmentation we're going to talk about different types of implants and
we're going to then try on different sizes of implants so that you can get an
idea what fits you so we've had our consultation visit
we've found out the correct procedures the combination that's going to be right
for you at that visit we've also talked about what you're going to need to do to
prepare yourself before your surgery any medications that you need to stop things
that you need to have on hand at home the garments that we're going to provide
you after surgery we will have discussed the specific risks and the benefits of
the things that we propose so we've had that conversation and now we start
getting up to the surgery itself at the surgery you're going to come into our
facility and we do this as an outpatient for the majority of patients and you're
going to undergo your procedure which is going to last probably anywhere from
three to five or six hours that time length how long is your operation is
going to be based upon what procedures you've chosen or what the right ones are
for you we've had our surgeries we've had a great first night with the
recovery you've taken your pain medication as you need it
you've taken the antibiotics that we've prescribed and you've come back to see
us the very next day so we don't delay seeing our patients after surgery and I
think there may be people who don't see them for a few days or a week but in our
case we want to make sure we see everybody that next day after surgery we
change the and tape in the gauze and the bandages
if there's those for an incision we change the garments that you will be
wearing that first night we provide you with new things so that everything is a
fresh start but most importantly we get to see everything to make sure it looks
the way we want it to look you just going through this you're one time
you're not going to know how things are supposed to look so that's an important
visit the very first day then we see you about a week after that that's when
stitches are removed now most of our stitches for these procedures are
underneath the skin they don't have to be removed we just have to clip a couple
of the little knots but we checked the incisions and make sure they look the
way they're supposed to look then we see you again in another week after that but
if you had a question we would see you at any time or if we had a concern we
would see you more frequently but the pretty routine visit is day after surgery week
after surgery two weeks after surgery and then we individualize it even more
I'll have some patients that are saying you know what doc I'm doing good if I
have an issue I'll call you I'm too busy really to come in and I live an hour
away and I'll say great if you have a concern and give us a call come back or
send us a picture and then I have people that are like I would just feel more
comfortable if I saw you again next week and we just took one more look at it
before I went back to work out or whatever it is I'll be like great I'll
see you next week so because an individual process after
that but we don't start to judge our results until we're about three months
from surgery because that's when we take our pictures and that's when most of the
swelling has gone and that's when most of your result is
done at three months the incisions are not the way they're going to be that
actually does take longer that part of this journey is not going to be done
until you're closer to a year after your surgery but at three months we get a
pretty good idea of how things are going to finally be go ahead and hit the like
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