How Long Before I See Mommy Makeover Results?

The timeline for seeing the full results of a mommy makeover can vary based on several factors, including the specific procedures performed, individual healing rates, and your body's response to surgery. Here's a general guideline:

Immediate Changes: You'll notice some immediate changes right after surgery, but these initial results may be obscured by swelling, bruising, and surgical dressings.

Initial Recovery: During the first few weeks, swelling and bruising will gradually decrease. You might start seeing some improvement in contour and shape, especially in areas where liposuction was performed.

Longer-Term Healing: Over the next few months, you'll notice more significant improvements. Incision lines will continue to fade, and the breasts and abdomen will settle into their final shape.

Final Results: While most of the visible changes are apparent within the first few months, it can take up to a year for all swelling to completely resolve, incision lines to mature, and for the full results to be visible.

Factors such as the extent of the procedures, your body's healing process, following post-operative care instructions, and individual variations in recovery can influence how quickly you see the final results.

It's essential to follow your surgeon's post-operative instructions, attend follow-up appointments, and be patient during the healing process. Your surgeon will provide guidance on what to expect and when you can anticipate seeing the full results of your mommy makeover.

Each patient is unique and previous #results are not a guarantee for individual outcomes. As with all cosmetic surgery, results will be rewarding if expectations are realistic.  Pain varies per person and medication to control #discomfort will be provided. Healing will continue for 2-3 months for the early period. This includes some swelling, bruising, malposition, color differences. Sensation in the breasts may also be abnormal and scars will be evolve. Tingling, burning or shooting pains in the breasts will disappear with time and should not alarm you. It is simply a result of the regeneration of your sensory nerves. If these sensations cause pain, repeated, local self-massage per your surgeon's permission may help.

Without seeing photos, it is really hard to tell.  For the time being, it is too soon to undergo more surgery, but it sounds like you may need more done once everything has healed. You should give it six months.

Wound healing following mommy
makeover surgery is a dynamic process that continues for up to a year following
surgery. During this period, swelling slowly resolves, muscles relax, wounds
regain their strength, and implants settle as gravity works. The majority of
these changes occur in the first six months following surgery.

After only four weeks, it’s
impossible to predict whether or not you will need revisional surgery. This is
especially true in light of the fact that pre and post-operative pictures aren’t
available to help with this assessment.

It’s concerning that both breast
lift surgery and reverse abdominoplasty surgery were scheduled, but not
performed. This is bothersome because you appear to have significant amounts of
redundant upper abdominal skin and sag of your native breast tissue.

This situation will require close
monitoring. It’s therefore important that you stay in close contact with your
plastic surgeon. Your surgeon should be able to evaluate your progress and take
appropriate steps if they prove necessary.

It may take 2-3 months for all of your swelling to resolve before you see the results of your surgery. 

In general it takes 6 weeks to 3 months to see results from surgery. Wounds generally heal in six weeks but then change over the next year during the remodeling phase. Breast surgery involving lifting and implant placement at the same time is challenging and requires at least the above noted time to settle. I would recommend that you discuss your concerns with your plastic surgeon as without seeing pictures it is difficult to discuss your particular case.

Four weeks after mommy makeover is too early to see results. I commonly tell my patients that it will take 6-9 months to see the long term results of breast augmentation surgery. Give it more time. You are still depositing scar tissue and it has not yet begun to mature.

The timing for seeing mommy makeover results can vary based on factors such as the specific procedures performed, individual healing, and swelling. Generally, you may notice some initial improvements within a few weeks, but it can take several months for the final results to become fully apparent as your body heals and any swelling subsides. It’s essential to follow your surgeon’s post-operative instructions and have realistic expectations for the timeline of your recovery and results.

Thank you for your question.

You will start seeing your results at 3-6 months post op surgery.  Your breast implants will need to settle into their pocket, the swelling needs to go away, etc..

Please allow your body time to heal and once you are at the 6 month mark, you can discuss revisionary surgery with your surgeon if you feel that there are issues that need to be concerned.

The scar can take up to one full year to mature - I usually ask my tummy tuck patients to wait a year before we do any type of scar revision.

I hope this helps.

I agree with my colleagues that 4 weeks is too short of time to see the final result of mommy makeover.  It takes up to 3 months for the implants to "settle."  As the implants "settle" in their pockets, the breast and nipples will appear to go up.  However, if you are not happy with your result at 3 months, you should wait at least 6 months before undergoing a revisional surgery.  In terms of liposuction and tummy tuck, also give another month to see your final result.  Meanwhile, wear abdominal binder/garment around your trunk area and limit physical activities/exercises.