Mommy Makeover: How long is surgery?

Mommy Makeover is a general term that describes reversing the changes that often come after pregnancy and breast feeding. This includes saggy breasts, loose skin and a widened abdomen. Surgery involves breast augmentation/lift and an abdominoplasty. Depending on the patient and how extensive the surgery needs to be, it can range from 5-8 hours. If the surgical plan will extend over 6 hours, I will often advise the patient to stage the surgeries for safety reasons.
Combining multiple plastic surgery procedures can be very rewarding, but safety is always my utmost concern. For breast surgery combined with a tummy tuck, general anesthesia is used. This is absolutely necessary to obtained the best result on the abdomen as is possible. 
These combined procedures are performed in the hospital, and I have a standardized safety protocol that I use. Patients usually go home the same day, with close follow-up in my office Overnight stay is rarely necessary, although some of my out of town patients do prefer it.
Make sure that your surgeon is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and that he or she has experience and a safety record performing these procedures. 

I would ask your surgeon as this will depend upon your anatomy, the
surgeries planned, and the protocols established by your surgeon.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA

Pregnancy can take a toll on a women's body. In order to help reverse some of the effects of child bearing, many women choose to have a "mommy makeover". A mommy makeover can involve ANY of the areas affected by pregnancy:  most commonly a tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) and breast augmentation and/or lift (mastopexy).  Other commonly requested surgical procedures include liposuction surgery and/or genitalia surgery. Duration of surgery will vary depending on exactly which procedures are performed; duration of surgery will also vary from one practice to another. The same holds true for whether patients “stay overnight” or are discharged home. It is our practice, for example, most patients are discharged home, preferably under the care of a nurse. I hope this, and the attached link (dedicated to mommy makeover surgeon concerns) helps. Best wishes.