This 36-year old patient from San Diego California wanted her pre-baby body back. After pregnancy and breast feeding her children she was very unhappy with her ”pooch” and ”saggy” breasts and decided to look into a “Mommy Make-over”. In order to improve the abdominal wall, which has been stretched from pregnancy, and to gain some fullness and perkiness for her breasts, she knew she would benefit from a breast augmentation with silicone gel breast implants, breast lifting (mastopexy) as well as tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) surgeries.

Through diet and exercise, she was able to reach her goal weight and went in for a consultaion with Double Board Certified Plastic Surgeon Dr. Pousti. During her consultation, she was very impressed with the amount of experience he had performing Mommy Makeovers and liked that she was able to meet some of his patients who had the procedure done as well. She felt very comfortable and decided to proceed with surgery knowing that Dr. pousti would be the best plastic surgeon for her. She had been on many other consultations but felt a positive connection with Dr. Pousti and his staff.

The patient is asked to come in the night before the surgery to meet with Dr. Pousti for markings. This allows him to answer all the patients questions and explain the procedure in detail.

Here, Dr. Pousti is discussing the breast augmentation / breast lifting procedures as he is making his measurements which will be reviewed the morning of surgery as well.

The tummy tuck procedure is being discussed with the patient.

After all of the markings are performed, Dr. Pousti makes sure that the patient has a full understanding of what is planned for surgery to make sure the patient is comfortable.

In the inter-operative area, Dr. Pousti performs the breast augmentation / breast lifting surgery with silicone gel breast implants to achieve the goals of the patient. The tummy tuck and liposculpture of the abdomen is performed.

Temporary sizers are used to determine what size implants are needed to achieve the look that the patient wants. He refers to the pictures that the patient brought in when determining the size.

Internal sutures are used and will dissolve over time. As the sutures dissolve, the ”puckered” look of the incisions will smoothen out and heal into a very fine line, which will fade with time.

Dr. Pousti is working on the separated muscles

The patient is now 6 weeks post-op surgery and is extremely happy with her Mommy Makeover.