Jerome Edelstein, MD Reviews, Before and After Photos, Answers

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A mommy makeover is a combination of procedures that address postpartum changes in the body, such as loose skin, droopy breasts, excess fat, and stretch marks. They can include breast augmentation, breast reduction, or a breast lift, and some form of body contouring—most commonly a tummy tuck. Good candidates for a mommy makeover have completed their families and finished breastfeeding. They also need to be near their ideal body weight. When someone is very heavy, their tissues are quite firm, and you can’t remove as much skin and fat as you want. For someone at or near their ideal weight with loose skin and excess fat, you can really tighten that up. Mommy makeover surgery significantly increases self-esteem and improves the overall quality of life for many women, but it’s also important to have realistic expectations. I tell patients at my Toronto office that they can’t expect perfection, but they’re going to look a lot better—sometimes even better than before they had children.

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Breast augmentation is the procedure I perform the most at my Toronto practice. My goal is to give you breasts that are proportional and natural, in look and feel. Three unique aspects of how I perform breast augmentation surgery help me achieve this: 1) Dimensional technique. Taking various measurements and your height and weight into account, I can accurately calculate which breast implant size best fits your body, based on your goals. 2) Bloodless breast augmentation. With my technique, there’s no bleeding before the implant goes in. It’s a gentler way to do the surgery that leads to faster recovery, with less swelling, bruising, and pain. 3) “No-touch” technique. I insert breast implants with a special funnel so there’s no potential for contamination. This helps reduce the risk of capsular contracture, a tight capsule of scar tissue that can form around an implant. Capsular contracture occurs in up to 10% of breast augmentations, but I’ve been able to keep a low rate of just 1%.

Tummy-tuck is one of the most common procedures I perform. I do approximately 50 tummy-tucks a year, about one person a week. My goal is to give you a flatter, tighter, natural-looking abdomen. To achieve this goal, I use the latest abdominoplasty techniques, customized to your particular body. Liposuction of the area is always included. I have lectured on this topic at conferences, and have appeared on TV to discuss abdominoplasty.