Post-Baby Plastic Surgery—Getting Back to Fit After Pregnancy In Kogarah and Sydney

Pregnancy take its toll on a mother’s body. Even the most diligent and body conscious mothers experience body changes due to the weight of carrying baby and and the physical demands of breastfeeding. While strength training, diet, and exercise help get a body back on track, despite best efforts many mothers find that their post-pregnancy figures sag, crease, and pucker in ways that make slipping back into a two piece bathing suit difficult. Skin stretches over the belly during pregnancy. Fat and tissue redistribute unevenly across the body. Once a baby is weaned, mothers often find their breasts struggle to recover former fullness and perk. Despite all best efforts, the body bears the war wounds of pregnancy.

Cosmetic surgery procedures offer mothers the opportunity to regain a sense of ownership and pride in their bodies post-baby. Mothers can employ a single procedure to target a problem area or build a package of procedures with a cosmetic surgeon like A/Prof Damian Marucci of Kogarah and Sydney to help the body fully rebound from pregnancy. Patients should consult their surgeons to build realistic expectations, discuss all options to target challenging areas and ultimately to develop a comprehensive plan for improving their bodies post-baby.

Breast Lift/Augmentation

Gravity threatens the youthful profile of breasts over time with or without the influence of pregnancy, however the tolls of motherhood and pregnancy significantly alter this feminine body part. Quick weight gain from pregnancy and then milk production causes breasts to enlarge. However as mothers reduce to pre-pregnancy weights these full breasts lose tissue density and lift. The addition of breastfeeding, while a healthful choice for the baby, often leads to premature sagging. As babies move onto other sources of nutrition mothers find their bustlines forever altered

The delicate skin of the breasts often does not spring back into places as quickly as it does other areas of the body.  New mothers disappointed by their post-partum bustlines should consult a plastic surgeon about a breast lift (mastopexy) procedure heighten the bustline utilizing as much natural tissue as possible. Through the breast lift procedure the plastic surgeon rejuvenates breasts to pre-pregnancy fullness and shape.

A mother who wants to increase her bust size in addition to achieving lift, might find breast augmentation to be the best solution to achieve her desired result. The implants used in breast augmentation surgery add volume and lift to breasts. Plastic surgeons work with patients to achieve the desired size and breast shape for the individual mother.

Body Contouring in Sydney with A/Prof Damian Marucci

Babies take up a lot of space in the womb, this causes stomach skin to stretch and abdominal muscles to shift and even split. After giving birth, the reduced mass of the stomach often results in saggy and loose skin that can be hard to remedy even with diet and exercise. As with breast skin, the skin of  the stomach might not have the necessary resiliency to return to its initial shape.

Abdominoplasty not only removes extra saggy skin, the procedure also restructures and lifts the abdomen wall creating an improved overall appearance for the midsection.

Abdominoplasty is ideal for mothers who have achieved their goal weight and maintained it over a period of time. Those mothers who expect to have more children should wait to get the procedure until after the final child is born as the demands of any future pregnancies will reduce the benefits of the abdminoplasty surgery.

Congratulations on bringing a new life into the world! The experience is beautiful and life altering. Pregnancy is also body altering. While conscientious fitness and nutritional programs help reclaim most of your pre-baby physique, opt for surgical options to repair the parts of your body that do not bounce back as quickly. Undergoing post-baby plastic surgery restores body confidence in mothers allowing them to hit the beaches as a fit mum, fit well into pre-pregnancy clothing, and look their best every day.