Even the trimmest, fatless bodies can stretch and change shape during a pregnancy. There’s certainly nothing to be ashamed of when you’ve grown a whole new human being inside your abdomen, but it’s OK if you’re not 100% behind your body’s new look.
At DiGeronimo MD Advanced Plastic Surgery in Doral, Florida, Dr. Ernest M. DiGeronimo offers tummy tucks for women who are unhappy with the way their abdominal area looks — especially after pregnancy.
Pregnancy can forever change your body. Accommodating a growing fetus and then giving birth means your skin stretches, your muscles lengthen, and your hips move apart as your pelvis widens.
After you have your baby, most things slowly return to normal. Your breasts may be a little bigger than they were before — especially if you choose to breastfeed — and you may have a few extra pounds to shed to get back to your prepregnancy body weight.
The real after-effects of pregnancy and childbirth that tend to linger are usually around the lower abdomen, where you carried your pregnancy. Loose skin, stretch marks, and laxity of your lower abdominal muscles can combine with small fat deposits to make you feel saggy and flabby, even with exercise and dieting.
A tummy tuck (properly known as an abdominoplasty) tightens and tones your lower abdomen. Dr. DiGeronimo makes an incision near your navel (belly button) and removes any loose abdominal wall tissue and fat. He can also repair any tearing to your abdominal muscles. Then he pulls the skin smooth, removes excess skin, and closes the incision.
This procedure can give you your prepregnancy body back as part of a “mommy makeover,” but there are a few conditions.
If you don’t qualify for a postpregnancy tummy tuck, ask Dr. DiGeronimo about body contouring. It’s a noninvasive procedure that can be done between pregnancies to help keep your abdominal area tighter and smoother. You can revisit the idea of a tummy tuck once you are done having children.
Interested in learning more about regaining your flat, taut, prepregnancy abdominal area with the help of a tummy tuck? Schedule a consultation with Dr. DiGeronimo by calling 305-376-0378, or request an appointment online.
