{"id":19393,"date":"2025-03-31T13:44:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tendancesetobjets.com\/13-things-i-wish-someone-told-me-before-i-got-my-mommy-makeover\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T13:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:44:23","slug":"13-things-i-wish-someone-told-me-before-i-got-my-mommy-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tendancesetobjets.com\/13-things-i-wish-someone-told-me-before-i-got-my-mommy-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Got My Mommy Makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cMenopause makeovers\u201d are too. As estrogen dips, \u201cmany women tend to put on a little bit of weight in the upper chest, in front of the armpits, and in the upper arms\u2014there\u2019s a thickening of the torso, even in women who are continuing the same diet and exercise routines,\u201d Steven Teitelbaum, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Los Angeles has told <em>Allure<\/em>. These patients may get a breast lift or reduction with liposuction around the lower back, upper arms, and\/or stomach, unless they have had children, in which case they\u2019d probably get a tummy tuck to address excess skin. Combining these procedures for a patient who\u2019s a decade or so older than the typical \u201cmommy\u201d is increasingly common as Gen Xers experience menopause. They\u2019re proving far more likely to do something about its physical changes than past generations, who went through menopause when both \u201cthe change\u201d and plastic surgery were more hush-hush.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you call them mommy makeovers or Ozempic makeovers or menopause makeovers, there\u2019s a lot of curiosity around bundled plastic surgery at the moment. And the patients we\u2019ve spoken to are here to satisfy it, sharing all of the things that they wish someone had told them before they signed up for their own particular package of body surgeries. Here, 13 truths of a multi-prong body makeover that can help you decide if it\u2019s right for you\u2014and how to navigate the experience.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Truth #1: You may need to split up your surgeries.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A lift here, a tuck there\u2014getting a few different procedures done at the same time is a no-brainer from a sales and marketing perspective. You\u2019re already under anesthesia, and who wouldn\u2019t want a one-stop-shop for restoring their pre-pregnancy body? Financially, it makes sense, cutting down on anesthesia fees, facility fees, and time spent in the hospital or clinic. Plus, there\u2019s all that adulting to contend with\u2014the child care, the dog walker, the household chores. It&#8217;s often easier to rearrange your life for a single recovery period. Still, some people choose to leave time between the different surgeries that, when put together, make up a \u201cmommy makeover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kathleen G.,* age 46, had lipo\u2014on her abdomen, hips, flank, and back\u2014a few months before getting the rest of her mommy makeover (a breast lift and implants, and a tummy tuck). \u201cIt was too much at once. [Otherwise,] you\u2019re not giving your body time to heal,\u201d she says. \u201cThe thing that sucks with lipo is the swelling\u2014a very uncomfortable, tight feeling. I had some numbness, too, [for about] three months.\u201d She was relieved to have time to recover between procedures. Dr. Redman has another reason why he sometimes advises patients to split up their surgeries: \u201cToo much time [under general anesthesia] increases the risk of blood clots, infections, and complications from anesthesia.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf otOgc\" data-testid=\"pullquote-embed-center\">\n<div class=\"PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx guIlEQ\">\n<p>Mommy makeovers, Ozempic makeovers, menopause makeovers\u2014there\u2019s a lot of curiosity around bundled plastic surgery at the moment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Your surgeon may also choose not to book one mammoth surgery because they want to make sure they\u2019re performing at their best. \u201cI&#8217;m used to doing these big, big procedures, so I\u2019ve built up a stamina for doing that,\u201d says Dr. Rednam. \u201cOther people can only [operate for] two or three hours before they start feeling tired. It depends on the comfort level of the surgeon.\u201d And of course, there\u2019s scheduling: Having multiple procedures at once requires a longer recovery time and sometimes that\u2019s not in the cards. \u201c I took 10 days off work after my breast augmentation, and two and a half weeks off after the tummy tuck,\u201d says Hailey H.,* age 50, of her experience getting the two surgeries on different days. If she had done both procedures on the same day, she might have had a lengthier, more painful recovery.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Truth #2: You\u2019re going to get a new belly button.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Well, technically, it\u2019s the same belly button\u2014but it will be in a new, flatter location. During a tummy tuck, the surgeon cuts around the belly button, leaving it connected to the muscle underneath. After removing the excess skin in the area, they create a new hole, \u201cpop the belly button back through and sew it into place, kind of like if you undid a button on your shirt, moved it down one buttonhole, and then pushed it through the next buttonhole down,\u201d says David Shafer, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon in New York City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMenopause makeovers\u201d are too. 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