4 Things to Avoid After Mommy Makeover Surgery

A Mommy Makeover at Westfield, NJ’s Burnett Plastic Surgery can provide life-changing benefits. Patients typically love their results, which serve to restore body contours that more closely resemble “pre-baby” curves and proportions.

Because the results can be so dramatic and effective, patients often ask what they can do to maintain them for as long as possible.

Here are four things anyone seeking long-lasting Mommy Makeover results should avoid:

Smoking

Avoiding nicotine products is a good idea for life in general, but is especially important for anyone planning to undergo surgery. Smoking restricts blood flow—and ample blood flow is critical for proper healing. The habit can also weaken the skin and introduce harmful chemicals into a system that should be devoting energy to healing and recovery after a surgery.

Drinking

Another common habit, drinking is best avoided because of its many negative effects. Alcohol lowers the body’s immune responses, so it is not as able to fight off infections. It can also directly impede wound healing, as well as cause thinner blood that leads to more bruising.

Weight Fluctuations

A Mommy Makeover is designed to include some combination of surgeries that many involve increasing or decreasing a patient’s breast size, restoring breasts to a “pre-baby” position on the chest, removing stubborn fat and excess skin, and repairing abdominal muscles as need. Gaining weight after these effects have been accomplished can essentially undo the work and results, leading to newly disproportionate breasts, enlarged fat cells, and abdominal muscles that separate once again.

Getting Pregnant

These reasons behind this “don’t” are essentially the same as the reasons under “Weight Fluctuations.” Pregnancy and birth take a toll on the body, and that toll can quite easily include stretched-out skin, damaged muscles, and changing breast sizes, shapes, and positions—all factors that Mommy Makeover surgery is meant to address in the first place!

With all of this in mind, it’s best to wait until your weight is relatively stable, you are done having children, and you have a clean and healthy lifestyle before making the choice for a Mommy Makeover. That way, you can truly enjoy the results for years to come.

For more information about Mommy Makeover surgeries, contact Burnett Plastic Surgery by booking an appointment online or calling (908) 233-0200.