After getting pregnant, there are a few fortunate people who are lucky to have their bodies go right back to looking how they did before getting pregnant. Others, however, have permanent changes in their breasts and abdominal area that don’t improve. No matter what they do, no matter what type of exercise or how much exercise they don’t see improvement. The one thing that can help to “put things back where they were” is plastic surgery. Stretched out skin in the abdominal area is not going to go away on its own, neither is the muscle that may be separated, causing a “pouch” or fullness. Same goes for the breasts, once that skin has been stretched out and the volume has decreased, plastic surgery can be the solution for filling out the breasts and giving them a nice, natural shape.

We have many patients that come in after they are done having babies that are in need of breast and abdominal work. A tummy tuck along with breast surgery, either augmentation (implants) or a breast lift with implants, are common procedures that can be combined. Doing both surgeries together allows you to have one recovery and downtime, which is very important when you are a busy mom, and it also saves you thousands of dollars on the cost of the procedure.

Please give our office a call if you have additional questions or would like to discuss your options with one of our Plastic Surgeons.

When patients consider breast augmentation surgery we find there is a lot that they don’t know about silicone gel implants. Many people say they want saline implants because they are “safer”. The fact is that silicone is just as safe as the saline implants, extensive studies have proven that. When silicone implants first came out, they were more of a liquid form. The material that is used in silicone implants today is more of a “gummy bear” consistency, it is a more solid form of silicone. In fact, if a silicone breast implant were to be cut open, it will stay in the shell of the implant & will not ooze out. If this type of implant were to rupture, it would stay intact. The biggest difference in the two types of implants is the feel. Silicone implants tend to feel more natural, more like the breast tissue, whereas the saline implant is going to be more palpable.