Body Contouring

What Types of Procedures Are Included in Mommy Makeovers?

What is included in a mommy makeover? Well, that depends on you. A variety of procedures can be paired together in any mommy makeover. These are thoroughly customized surgical packages designed to alleviate your specific concerns with your post-baby body. The most popular treatments for mommy makeovers at Plastic Surgery […]

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Worth It or Not: Mommy Makeovers in Northern California

Motherhood and childbirth are transformative, life changing experiences. Throughout pregnancy, a woman’s body goes through many physical and hormonal changes. Many of these changes reverse, but some, like muscle separation of the rectus muscle, never quite return to their pre-baby state. If, after time and exercise, a woman wants to […]

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Mommy Makeovers: It’s Time to Take Back Your Body

Motherhood and childbirth are transformative, life changing experiences. Throughout pregnancy, a woman’s body goes through many physical and hormonal changes. Many of these changes reverse, but some, like muscle separation of the rectus muscle, never quite return to their pre-baby state. If, after time and exercise, a woman wants to […]

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Tummy Tuck Versus Liposuction

Patients with extra padding of the tummy, loose skin, and separated muscles want the easiest, least expensive procedure to reach their goals. Totally understandable. “I just want liposuction.” “Can’t you just do a mini tummy tuck?” “I don’t want a full tummy tuck!” But if liposuction and mini tummy tucks […]

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Tummy Tuck Basics

As I stepped into an exam room to see a post-operative patient last week, I noticed her smile as broad as the keys of a grand piano. She wasn’t just happy; she was excited. Could it be the tummy tuck she’d had a few weeks before? “Doc, I gotta show […]

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Tummy Tucks Just Got Better!

One of our most popular operations is a tummy tuck, officially known as an “abdominoplasty,” and recent advances, like having no drains after surgery, have been met with cheers from our patients. Tummy tucks can be done as part of a mommy makeover, or they can be done as a […]

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The No-Drain Tummy Tuck

What is the best way to get rid of hanging tummy skin after weight loss? a) Exercise b) Special skin creams c) Tummy tuck surgery with drains d) Tummy tuck surgery with no drains The answer is “d.” (We wish exercise or special creams were effective!) The more we do […]

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Arm Lifts Soar in Popularity

Arm lifts have grown in popularity over the past few years, with an increase of 4000% since the year 2000. Driven mostly by patients who have lost massive amounts of weight, the procedure has received a shot in the arm by celebrities’ sleeveless physiques (hello, Michelle Obama!). Known affectionately as […]

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