Post-Baby Body Syndrome
At The Avalon Clinic, we specialize in the treatment and care of women with Post-Baby Bodies.
What is Post-Baby Body Syndrome?
Post-Baby Body Syndrome is the clinical name, developed by the Avalon Clinic, to describe women who experience physical changes in their bodies after the post-partum period that persist despite exercise, diet, and nutritional treatment. These changes are often permanent. Pregnancy naturally leads to changes in a woman’s body, which can be either partially or totally reversed. However, in some women the changes persist long after the post partum period despite good intentions and best efforts on their part.
What is a Mommy Makeover?
A "Mommy Makeover" is the term used when mothers have cosmetic surgery to reverse the changes of pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Women after pregnancy generally are divided into two main groups:
- The first group can return their body to normal or near normal with exercise and proper diet.
- The second group, despite all efforts (exercise, diet, etc) cannot un-do the changes that have occurred. Those changes are permanent, persistent and do not respond to conservative modalities of treatment.
What are the criteria for Post-Baby Body Syndrome?
Stretched and Loose Skin
Often the skin is stretched and loose and does not have the ability to snap back normally as skin with good tone does. This is because the fascia (tissue holding the muscles, particularly the muscles of the abdomen) has been stretched. No amount of exercise or sit-ups will return this skin to normal. This can often be treated with a Tummy Tuck.
Breast Changes
After pregnancy, the breasts may be larger or smaller, but a greater percentage of women who experience shrinking breasts, resulting in a loss of breast volume. In addition, there can be a difference from one side to the other, with the breast being asymmetrical and uneven as a result. Depending on each woman's unique situation there are a variety of cosmetic breast surgeries available.
Added Weight
There is often increased weight in the hips and outer thigh areas. This, along with widening of the pelvis, leads many women to experience an unwanted expansion of the hip region. many woman choose to have Liposcution in this region after pregnancy.
Other Post-Partum Changes
There can be changes in the floor of the pelvis resulting in dysfunctional urination and bladder control. The pelvic area is often widened, looser and may have a slight tilt. There are often vaginal changes that occur as well.
To see what treatments would benefit Your Post-Baby-Body, schedule a consultation with on of our Board Certified Plastic Surgeons.
At The Avalon Clinic, we specialize in the care and treatment of women with Post-Baby-Bodies.
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