Breast Surgeries
The breasts undergo some serious changes during pregnancy, expanding due to weight gain, accommodating to your milk supply, and then deflating again once you lose weight and stop nursing. This fluctuation in volume can leave you with loose, sagging, and excess skin in your breasts. To remedy this condition, Dr. Albert performs two breast surgeries to obtain desired volume and appearance in the breasts.
Breast Lift
Mastopexy, or a breast lift, is a surgical procedure to sculpt and contour breasts that have lost volume and descended on the chest due to excess tissue and loss of skin elasticity. With age and fluctuations in weight, the breasts sink lower on the chest, oftentimes sagging well below the inframammary crease line (the line where the breast meets the chest wall).
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For many women, this can cause the breasts to lose volume or desired projection. To begin a breast lift for a Mommy Makeover, Dr. Albert makes an incision at the base of the breast or around the areola. From here, he can carefully remove the excess tissue. Then, Dr. Albert lifts the breast tissue to a more desirable orientation on the chest. He sutures the incisions closed and ensures the breasts are even and appear as the patient desires.
Breast Augmentation
After pregnancy, the breasts can lose their fullness. Or, other women didn’t have their ideal breast size even before having children and now wish to see breasts they can be satisfied with. For these women, Dr. Albert typically recommends breast augmentation surgery.
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Breast augmentation surgery uses silicone or saline implants, or in some cases natural fat transfer, to restore volume in the breasts. Breast augmentation can be perfectly performed in conjunction with a breast lift, which tightens the skin across and surrounding the breasts, so they sit higher, look perkier, appear more youthful, and produce more cleavage for an improved breast shape.
Mid-Section Makeover
Typically, during the third trimester, the internal pressure from the fetus becomes too much for the abdominal muscles to handle. These vertical muscles are held together by a thick connective tissue called the linea alba. When the fetus grows to an unsustainable size for the midsection, the vertical abdominal walls separate horizontally from the linea alba, causing a condition known as diastasis recti.[2]
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After childbirth, the muscles remain out of place, and the linea alba bunches up to form a common yet unsightly bulge in the mother’s midsection. No diet or exercise can treat this condition, and while some conditions heal over time, many mothers have diastasis recti permanently. In addition, many mothers are discouraged by stubborn, lingering belly fat. Luckily, these concerns can be effectively treated with either liposuction or a tummy tuck.
Tummy Tuck
Also known as abdominoplasty, a tummy tuck is the most requested of all cosmetic surgeries included in a Mommy Makeover. This popularity is because, unsurprisingly, the abdomen undergoes the most dramatic change of all, swelling and stretching far beyond normal to accommodate the growing baby.
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While you may find that you can lose inches from around your abdomen fairly quickly after pregnancy, sagging skin, loss of muscular tone, and stretch marks are three common issues. In some cases, belly button hernias develop and deform the abdomen’s contours. A tummy tuck focuses on tightening the underlying abdominal muscles as well as the skin that covers your midsection. The diastasis recti are corrected with sutures that bring the muscles back into their organic alignment. Next, Dr. Albert pulls the loose skin tight, removes the overhanging tissue, and ensures that the abdomen looks much flatter and smoother with a more defined shape. Your entire midsection can be carefully sculpted with Dr. Albert’s tummy tuck approach, allowing you to enjoy your favorite bikini again.
Liposuction
No matter what you eat or how much you exercise, you will almost certainly have stubborn pockets of fat that linger around your midsection. These trouble spots are incredibly frustrating, particularly when they tend to exist in certain areas such as the abdomen, hips, thighs, and buttocks.
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Liposuction is the only guaranteed way of removing these, aspirating out the excess fat, and helping you to achieve a smoother, more toned body. Not all liposuction techniques are the same. Depending on the area being treated, ultrasonic liposuction and power-assisted liposuction will be performed to get an optimal result. High-definition liposuction techniques can be utilized to give you extra definition and truly exceptional results.
Mommy Makeover at Optimization Centre
Choosing the Optimization Centre for your Mommy Makeover in Boca Raton ensures that you are receiving safe, high-quality care from an experienced surgeon. We will listen to your reasons for seeking surgery and help you create a plan for contouring your body in a way that improves your self-image and confidence.
