Although pregnancy and motherhood are among a woman’s most rewarding experiences, they can lead to physical changes that diet and exercise alone cannot reverse. These changes can impact a woman’s long-term confidence and overall well-being. Mommy makeover procedures offer a solution by addressing these concerns and restoring a slimmer, more youthful appearance, helping individuals regain their sense of self.
Valuing compassion and empathy, Dr. Robyn Daugherty, a highly experienced Baton Rouge mommy makeover surgeon, understands her patients’ frustrations and concerns following pregnancy, breastfeeding, and aging. Here, she answers your questions about the procedures that can be included in your mommy makeover.
What Is a Mommy Makeover?
A mommy makeover refers to a collection of breast and body rejuvenation procedures focused on enhancing the figure after pregnancy, breastfeeding, and aging. These procedures address the changes in body structures and tissue integrity caused by pregnancy and breastfeeding, focusing on restoring and enhancing the affected areas.
Mommy makeover procedures are designed to create proportionate body contours and revitalize femininity and self-image by addressing:
- Sagging breasts
- Lost volume in breasts
- Extra weight around the abdomen
- Muscle separation, diastasis recti
- Redistributed weight
- Overall shape and tone
- Stretch marks
Breast Augmentation: Restoring Volume After Pregnancy
For many women, pregnancy and nursingbreastfeeding can cause significant changes in breast size, shape, and tissue, impacting their appearance and confidence. Breast augmentation is a procedure to increase or restore breast volume with saline or silicone gel implants to enhance the overall tone and shape of the breasts and improve their proportions.
Breast augmentation in Baton Rouge with Dr. Daugherty can help you reclaim your figure and renew your feminine curves. Breast augmentation can help boost your confidence by:
- Increasing breast volume and fullness
- Improving breast projection
- Correcting breast asymmetries
- Balancing overall proportions
Breast Lift: Lifting and Reshaping Sagging Breasts
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, and aging can take a toll on the appearance of your breasts. Restoring the perkiness and youthfulness of your breasts can help renew your overall figure and enhance your confidence. Breast lift and breast lift with implants are surgical procedures designed to adjust the position of breasts by removing excess skin and tightening tissues. Dr. Daugherty employs various techniques based on breast anatomy to restructure the breast and reposition the nipple and areola.
Breast lifts can help create more youthful proportions, increase body confidence, and improve the appearance of the breasts by correcting:
- Symmetry and shape
- Lost volume and fullness
- Sagging or uneven breasts
- Stretched or drooping areolas
- Nipples that point downward
- Elongated or pendulous breasts
Tummy Tuck: Tightening Loose Skin and Muscles
Age, weight fluctuations, or pregnancy can cause a sagging abdomen and separated muscles that exercise and diet can’t fix. Tummy tucks tighten muscles and remove excess skin and fat to create a flatter, leaner abdominal contour. This procedure can restore your figure and boost confidence.
Typically, a tummy tuck addresses:
- Excess skin and fat on the abdomen
- Stretch marks below the belly button
- Muscle separation, diastasis recti
- 360-degree liposuction to improve contours
Depending on your anatomy and physical needs, Dr. Daugherty may recommend a mini tummy tuck, a less invasive option that uses a shorter incision and offers a faster recovery time as it addresses the area below the navel only.
Liposuction: Removing Stubborn Fat for a Sculpted Look
While diet and exercise are key components to a healthy lifestyle and pleasing figure, many people experience fat that is resistant to exercise and diet efforts. Versatile liposuction body sculpting procedures permanently address stubborn fat, restoring your sculpted physique and increasing confidence.
Liposuction is not intended for weight loss, rather it complements your healthy lifestyle efforts to address fat in problem areas, including:
- Arms
- Abdomen
- Buttocks
- Back
- Cheeks, chin, and neck
- Chest
- Flanks
- Hips
- Legs, including inner knees, thighs, calves, and ankles
- Upper arms
Dr. Daugherty offers power-assisted liposuction and VASER high-definition liposuction techniques. These techniques allow Dr. Daugherty to focus on eliminating fat more easily and create more sculpted contours with less exertion. These techniques typically allow patients to have an easier recovery.
Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL): Enhancing Curves Post-Pregnancy
A full, shapely backside enhances a well-proportioned figure. Following pregnancy, many women experience a shift in fat distribution, including a drooping or flattening of the buttocks. A Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) is a surgical fat grafting procedure designed to enhance the contours of the buttocks by transferring fat from areas like the waist, hips, thighs, or abdomen.
A BBL consists of two phases: fat extraction and fat transfer. First, fat is harvested via liposuction from unwanted areas of stubborn fat. The fat is then strategically injected into the buttocks to craft a rounder, fuller shape.
This procedure not only enhances the shape and contour of the buttocks but also trims areas of excess fat, further enhancing the shape of the waist, lower back, hips, or thighs.
Labiaplasty: Restoring Comfort and Confidence
Following pregnancy, childbirth, or aging, the labia can become enlarged, and the excess skin can get pinched or tugged, causing discomfort during intercourse, exercise, or other physical activities. Labiaplasty is a surgical procedure to reduce the size of the labia minora or labia majora—the skin folds surrounding and protecting the urethra and vagina. This procedure can help enhance the appearance and restore the function of your most intimate feminine areas, helping you to feel more like you again.
During labiaplasty, excess tissue is removed from the labia to reduce its size, or in other cases, dermal fillers or harvested fat are injected into the labia to enlarge it.
The goal of labiaplasty is to:
- Alleviate discomfort during sex, exercise, and other physical activities
- Improve personal hygiene and health
- Restore a more youthful look after childbirth or aging
- Correct asymmetries
- Eliminate the visual bulges
- Improve comfort, confidence, and sexual well-being
- Repair damage or deformities
- Increase sexual pleasure
- Enhance the appearance of labia
- Increase self-confidence
Choosing the Right Combination of Procedures for Your Goals
As a busy wife and mother of four boys – including twins, double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Robyn Daugherty has experienced many of the same challenges as herchallenges her patients. Dr. Daugherty has extensive training and experience performing breast rejuvenation and body contouring procedures with compassion and understanding. She is committed to improving and enriching her patients’ lives by enhancing their self-confidence with beautiful, natural-looking plastic surgery results and exceptional patient care.
Schedule Your Mommy Makeover Consultation in Baton Rouge!
Reclaim your identity and pre-pregnancy body while you address the areas you find bothersome. You’ll love your customized, long-lasting results from Dr. Robyn Daugherty, one of the best mommy makeover surgeons in Baton Rouge. Ready to revitalize your figure and femininity with one of the best mommy makeover surgeons in Baton Rouge, LA? Contact Daugherty Plastic Surgery at (225) 235-3884 or complete our online form to schedule your consultation today!