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The Mommy Makeover

With the advent of much-improved anesthesia techniques that allow a safer anesthetic with fewer after-effects, combined with the popularity of such shows as "Extreme Makeover", requests for multiple procedures at one setting are increasing rapidly. 

For example, our surgeons often perform abdominoplasty combined with liposuction, and very frequently the patient also has a breast lift, reduction, or augmentation. These combined procedures, often called "Mommy Makeovers" allow the patient to have a single recovery vs. three separate ones. This shortens downtime from family and work, as well as reducing the costs of anesthesia.

Many patients are delighted with the result of these combined procedures and are glad to have everything done at once.

The patient considering multiple procedures must be healthy and have good home support, as the recovery will be somewhat more difficult than if procedures were done separately. Our surgeons recommend preplanning for these patients, and suggest that they complete a week's worth of chores such as grocery shopping and laundry before undergoing these combined procedures. It is difficult to take care of infant children without reliable help for 7 to 14 days after this type of combined surgery depending on what is done.

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