In my more than 20 years performing tummy tuck surgery, I’ve heard lots of reasons for deciding to have this highly successful body contouring procedure. For many of my patients, removing loose skin, tummy bulges and stubborn pockets of fat that diet and exercise have not been able to erase helps them feel younger, slimmer, more energetic...and more beautiful. 

Are you unhappy with the way your body has changed after having children? Have the pounds added up as the breasts have sagged and the thighs have thickened? Would you like your pre-pregnancy body back, or even something better?

Are you unhappy with how you look in bathing suits or lingerie? Are you ready to lose your tummy rolls and love handles? Would you really like to have a sexy, toned, flat stomach and trim midsection? A tummy tuck may very well be the beautiful solution you’ve been looking for.

A tummy tuck, also known as abdominoplasty, is an effective, highly successful way to reduce excess fat and loose skin, and tighten and tone weakened or separated stomach muscles. The result? A smoother, firmer, flatter midsection.

Tummy tuck surgery also strengthens weakened stomach muscles, improves the look and shape of the belly button, takes away fat and loose skin, defines the waist, creates a tighter abdomen and enables clothes to fit more comfortably and attractively. To learn more about the range of body sculpting  procedures I offer, click here.

12 Questions to ask before deciding to have tummy tuck surgery

Do you have squishy, flabby tummy rolls? Have you developed stretch marks from weight gain or pregnancy? Would you like to look and feel better in bathing suits and lingerie? If you answered yes to any (or all) of these questions, I encourage you to consider getting a tummy tuck.

Tummy tuck surgery, also known as abdominoplasty, is an effective, highly successful way to reduce excess fat and loose skin, and tighten and tone weakened or separated stomach muscles. The result? A smoother, firmer, sexier midsection. To learn more about the range of body sculpting  procedures I offer, click here.

Tummy tuck: a way to win the “battle of the bulge”

Having children is one of the greatest joys of a woman’s life, but pregnancy and breastfeeding do take a toll on her body, often resulting in drooping and smaller-than-before breasts, stubborn fat deposits, a flabby and protruding stomach, loose skin, sagging buttocks and unwanted thigh “saddlebags.” 

A Mommy Makeover can help correct these problems with a combination of cosmetic surgical procedures including:

• breast augmentation
• breast lift
• liposuction
• butt augmentation
• Brazilian butt lift
• tummy tuck
• lower body lift

Whether you decide to have one body contouring  procedures or a combination at the same time, a Mommy Makeover helps women of all ages and body types regain their pre-pregnancy shape, or better yet, achieve a slimmer, tighter, more toned body than they had before. To learn more about the range of body sculpting  procedures I offer, click here.

Losing a significant amount of weight is a great accomplishment, giving you a new body, better health, more energy, increased self-image and a renewed outlook on life. However, what many people don’t realize is that there’s also a downside to extreme weight loss.

In many cases, people who lose 50 pounds or more are left with loose, sagging skin, which can be very frustrating. After working hard to get a “new body,” it’s discouraging for both men and women to have folds of skin hanging on them, much like their old large-size clothes did. Also, excess skin is a reminder for many of their old life and the emotional issues they were struggling with when they were at a higher weight.

In addition, as well as being unsightly and embarrassing, saggy skin has negative health consequences. It can cause rashes, chafing, infections and back pain. It can also keep people from being as active as they want to be, which not only affects their health but might make it easier for the weight to come back.

My recommendation in these instances? A tummy tuck.

If you've tried dieting and exercise but still have stubborn, localized areas of fat that simply won’t go away, liposuction could be the answer you’ve been looking for. It slims and reshapes specific areas of the body by decreasing excess fat deposits and improving your body contours and proportion.

Since fat cells do not reproduce, once they are reduced through liposuction, they will not be replaced—great news for many of my patients, which is probably why liposuction is today’s most popular cosmetic procedure, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

For more information about liposuction, watch my short 2-minute video by clicking on the button below.

More and more these days, full, round, curvy buttocks are something many women highly value. When exercise and supportive undergarments fail to fix a droopy, flat or poorly contoured rear end, many of my patients choose to have butt augmentation, or a Brazilian butt lift. To learn more about the range of body sculpting  procedures I offer to help you achieve a beautiful body, click here.

Thanks to Latin American influences where more emphasis is placed on the hips and buttocks, more American women are now choosing to have butt augmentation surgery. In most cases, butt augmentation is performed by taking fat cells from areas where there is some to spare; these cells are cleaned and purified, then carefully injected into and through layers of the buttocks to create a more curvaceous derriėre. For more information about butt augmentation surgery, watch my short 2-minute video by clicking on the button below.

For a significant number of my female patients, the Brazilian butt lift (also called butt augmentation) is an excellent way to achieve a fuller, firmer, more shapely derrière. It also can help them attain a beautiful balance between the shape, size and contour of their “behind” in proportion to the rest of their body. To learn more about the range of body sculpting  procedures I offer to help you achieve a beautiful body, click here.

You can combine breast augmentation with a Brazilian butt lift for a beautiful, balanced body

Many women who have a Brazilian butt lift also choose to have breast augmentation (and vice versa) in order to create an ideal balance between their upper and lower body. For more information about butt augmentation surgery, watch my short 2-minute video by clicking on the button below.

A shapely, toned, full-sized derrière is one of today's most coveted physical features in a woman, but few women are born with this feature. That's why the Brazilian butt lift (also called butt augmentation) is one of the most asked-for plastic surgery procedures that I perform in my practice . Because this procedure includes both butt augmentation and butt reshaping, it enables the shape and fullness of your “behind” to be meticulously and artfully sculpted, giving you amazingly natural-looking results.

Is a Brazilian butt lift safe?

Yes, I believe the Brazilian butt lift is very safe. Basically a fat transfer, this procedure is extremely popular and I have performed hundreds of them very successfully with very low complication rates. Major risks include pulmonary or fat embolism (blood clot) for less than 1% of patients, and anemia. For more information about butt augmentation surgery, watch my short 2-minute video by clicking on the button below.