Mommy Makeover in Newport Beach, Orange County
During pregnancy, most women gain weight as the fetus grows in their uterus. The weight gained during pregnancy gets stored as fatty tissue in the breasts, abdomen, hips, lower back, flanks (commonly known as love-handles), buttocks and thighs. The breasts also become enlarged due to glandular growth in preparation for nursing the baby. The abdomen grows as the baby grows, typically resulting in a weakening or separating of the abdominal muscles. The abdominal skin stretches to accommodate the growing abdomen, which can lead to stretch marks. These red and purple marks are the result of tears within the skin collagen layer and they tend to concentrate around the navel area and lower abdomen.
Pregnancy can leave lasting effects, long after childbirth and nursing. Over the 12 months following childbirth, a woman may lose the majority of the weight that was gained during pregnancy. It is in this time that the effects of pregnancy and delivery can be more readily seen. Often times, the weight that is lost is not uniform; most of the weight may be lost from the breasts or buttocks, as opposed to the abdomen, waist, love-handles, or lower back. This results in much smaller breasts while the abdominal area remains full and round. At the end of the breastfeeding phase, the breasts lose the glandular tissue, which causes the breasts to deflate or sag even more. The stretching of the abdomen creates weak abdominal muscles and this, coupled with excess abdominal fat, creates a bulging belly.
Mommy Makeovers are the newest plastic surgery trend, and have exploded in popularity among mothers that have undergone significant body changes since having a baby. Great for both old and new moms, mommy makeovers combine several plastic surgery treatments into one full body contouring procedure that gives many moms their self-confidence back.
What is a Total Mommy Makeover?
A Mommy Makeover is especially popular in Orange County. Our office is located in Newport Beach, and we perform the procedures for many patients all around Southern California, from Irvine to San Diego to Los Angeles to Riverside and more. A mommy makeover is one of our most requested procedures, because it offers women significant correction to the areas that tend to bother them the most. Most orange County Mommy Makeovers are a combination of breast enhancement and tummy tuck surgeries. However, internationally renown and body contouring expert, Dr. Agha believe that a mommy makeover should be a customized procedure that is tailored to the patient, addressing the issues caused by motherhood, aging, and weight fluctuations. Dr. Agha has coined the term total mommy makeover which addresses all of the breast and body issues that were caused by pregnancy and weight changes and may include:
- Tummy Tuck with Monsplasty
- Breast augmentation with or without Breast Lift
- Brazilian buttock lift
- Liposuction
- Labiaplasty
- Vaginal Tightening and Stress Incontinence Relief via Geneveve Treatment
So your individual procedure may vary depending on your preferences and the issues that are affecting you. A mommy makeover may include:
- Tummy Tuck – One of the areas affected most by having children is the abdominal region, which tends to expand and sag in a way that can drastically affect your body and self confidence. A tummy tuck is designed to remove the excess skin and tissue of the abdomen that occurs as a result of pregnancy, and shapes the abdomen into a flatter and healthier looking shape. It also tightens the abdominal muscles that may have stretched out during pregnancy. The tummy tuck is the core procedure used in Mommy Makeovers since most mothers wish to regain a flatter and more sculpted abdomen. In Newport Beach, Dr. Agha has pioneered a more sculpted, well defined, and curvier tummy tuck that he has named a high-definition tummy tuck. The procedure not only removes the excess, stretch marked abdominal skin, but it also creates a well-defined, three-dimensional abdominal contour. The high-definition tummy tuck incision is placed about one inch lower than that of a standard tummy tuck, resulting in an incision that can be easily hidden under a bathing suit bottom or underwear.
- Monsplasty - Monsplasty is elevation and rejuvenation of the mons (or the pubic area). With weight changes and pregnancies, many mothers experience mild to severe degrees of mons laxity, sagging, and sometimes excess fullness. At The Aesthetic Centers of OC, Dr. Agha offers monsplasty with his low cut high-definition tummy tuck procedure. The low cut incision of the high-definition tummy tuck is utilized to lift the mons and to correct mons sagging. In addition, some patients may also benefit from mons liposuction to remove some of the excess fat pad within the mons.
- Breast Lift / Breast Augmentation – The breasts often flatten and sag after pregnancy and can also loose volume and size due to post-pregnancy involution. Many mothers also elect to rejuvenate and restore their breast shape, size, and position after nursing their newborns. The type of breast surgery, however, may differ from one person to another depending on your personal preferences and how much breast sagging a patient has. You may opt for breast augmentation with implants, or with your own fat, or you may simply go through a breast lift with or without augmentation. You and Dr. Agha can discuss the options and benefits available.
- Optional Procedures – The breasts and abdomen are the two most common components of a mommy makeover, but they are not the only procedures available. You and Dr. Agha may consider a Brazilian butt lift, liposuction of the hips and thighs, sculpting of the back, labiaplasty and much more. Remember, the Mommy Makeover is designed to help you feel confident in your body again after having children, and so if there is an area that bothers you, our total Mommy Makeover is designed to address it.
The idea behind a mommy makeover is simple – you’ve already become a mom, and now you deserve to feel great about yourself again. You and Dr. Agha – one of the best Southern California plastic surgeons – will together address the issues that have bothered you most after pregnancy, and we’ll make sure that you are able to better love your body all over again.
At our Orange County offices, Dr. Agha has performed hundreds of mommy makeovers successfully, elegantly, and safely, improving the self-confidence of women all over Southern California. From Los Angeles to San Diego, countless women have contacted us about our mommy makeover procedures.
We encourage you to give us a call today. Dr. Agha is one of the most educated, well res-pected professionals in the field, and we’d love an opportunity to tell you more about the mommy makeover and related procedures that you can consider. Give us a call today at to get started.
