The Mommy Makeover is the most popular, and one of the most satisfying, combination cosmetic plastic surgery procedures. With the ability to reshape the breast and flatten the belly, the Mommy Makeover is the procedure of choice to rejuvenate the female form after pregnancy or weight loss.
This Wednesday, June 7, 2017, I will be on the San Francisco Bay Area’s News Station, KRON 4’s Body Beautiful. The show airs live at noon. As usual, the discussion is focussed on the latest Cosmetic Plastic Surgery News for the San Francisco Bay Area.
Body Beautiful Plastic Surgery Topics
This week’s half-hour television show discusses Cosmetic Plastic Surgery of the Body. Planned topics include:
- Mommy Makeovers
- Breast Augmentation Lifts (Augmentation Mastopexy)
- Brazilian Butt Lifts (Fat Grafting to the Buttocks)
- Thigh Lifts (Thighplasty)
Mommy Makeovers SF Bay Area
The Mommy Makeover Before and After Pictures that leads this post demonstrate the most popular combination cosmetic plastic surgery. By combining Breast Augmentation and Tummy Tucks, the two areas the often sag after pregnancy, the breasts and the belly, are both addressed. Of course, the procedures can be performed without having had children. The term Mommy Makeover was coined because of the frequent request from mommies to repair the damages of pregnancy on their breast and bellies. Another common situation in which Mommy Makeovers are performed is significant weight loss.
EDIT – The first Plastic Surgery Video segment on Mommy Makeovers is up and live right here: Mommy Makeover Video.
Breast Augmentation Mastopexy (Breast Implants with Breast Lifts)
Breast Augmentation remains the most popular single plastic surgery procedure. Breast implants can provide volume, and as many as 40% of patients also benefit from a breast lift. Breast lifts can improve breast shape in ways the Breast Augmentation alone cannot.
Breast Augmentation is still one of the most frequently performed cosmetic plastic surgery procedures, but what happens if the breasts are saggy, or the nipple is very low on the breasts? Breast Augmentation in these situations may provide larger breasts, but not necessarily perky ones. As many as 40% of Breast Augmentations combine some sort of Breast Lift. The most common reasons for this are low set nipples or saggy breasts due to excess skin.
Additional procedures can also be added to correct other breast problems, Fine details of the breasts that are often targeted for improvement are: Areola Reduction, the improvement of Breast Asymmetry, Breast Implant Revision for women who had Breast Implants before pregnancy and Inverted Nipple Repair. Breast Reduction, perhaps paradoxically, can also be combined with Breast Augmentation Mastopexy when heavy lower breast tissue is distorting the shape of the breasts.
Brazilian Buttocks Lift
The fastest growing procedure is the Brazilian Butt Lift. The procedure takes fat from areas where it is not desired and repurposes it, to enhance the shape of the buttocks.
A newer body procedure is allowing Board Certified Plastic Surgeons to shape an area that traditionally has been difficult. The Brazilian Buttock Lift (BBL), allows us to remove fat with Liposuction and reuse it to enhance the buttock contours. Pioneered by Brazilian Plastic Surgeon, Ivo Pitanguy, the procedure allows for customized augmentation of the buttocks, and shape that is more pleasing to the eye than Buttocks Implants can provide.
Thigh Lifts in the SF Bay Area
The Thigh Lift is used most often after weight loss. Excess skin and fat from the inner thigh is removed to reduce the size of the thighs and tighten the skin.
Thigh Lifts are one of the less frequently performed cosmetic plastic surgery procedures. The numbers have risen in response to Bariatric Surgery and the massive weight loss associated with it. As weight is lost, the thigh skin that is stretched during weight gain becomes loose. As the volume of the thigh decreases, so does the support that the extra fat provides the thigh skin. As a result, the skin can hang like drapery. The Thigh Lift removes this excess skin, and helps to tighten the thigh, especially the upper, inner thigh.
Watch Body Beautiful June 7, 2017, on KRON at Noon Wednesday
If you are interested in learning more about any of the above procedures, I have provided links in this post, and I encourage you to watch me live on KRON 4, this Wednesday at noon. Segments from the show will be posted here, on the San Francisco Plastic Surgery Blog, in the coming days. So if you miss the live show, you can still catch up here or on my local San Francisco Plastic Surgery Web Sites.
Internet education can be very helpful, and it is the goal of the San Francisco Plastic Surgery Blog; however, because information on the Internet is designed to apply to the general population, it is generic in nature. Medical advice cannot be giving without the personal contact that an in-person consultation appointment provides. To get “brand name” plastic surgery information, tailored to your specific needs, call my San Francisco Bay Area Plastic Surgery Clinic today, at (925) 943-6353, and schedule an appointment to get your personal, Board Certified Plastic Surgery information.