A mommy makeover is right for you if you have had changes to both your breast and abdomen after having children that you find undesirable, or if you find it difficult to achieve your own results despite dietary changes and exercise.

A mommy makeover is a surgery that involves both the breast and the abdomen. For the breast, this portion often involves a breast lift and/or breast augmentation. For the abdomen, this portion involves a tummy tuck where the loose skin on the abdomen is removed and the muscles on the abdomen that have been stretched from having children are repaired.

For the breast surgery portion, a straight breast augmentation has very minimal scars and can be nicely hidden. If a breast lift or a breast reduction is required, there are more incisions involved with this and Dr. Janiga will review the specifics of your breast surgery with you at your visit. For the tummy portion of the mommy makeover, the incision is placed low like a C-section scar but is usually longer than the C-section scar. In most cases the incision is from hip bone to hip bone.

With a mommy makeover surgery in general, the breast portion of the operation is usually handled very well. It is the tummy tuck that is usually most sore, particularly when the muscles on the abdomen are repaired. Dr. Janiga uses a long-acting anesthetic medication, Exparel, as a nerve-block that significantly helps the post-operative pain associated with the tummy tuck surgery portion.

You can have more children after mommy makeover surgery, but the skin and muscles will often be stretched out again. Also, your breasts will become larger with milk production. This can often require revisional surgery in the future.