A mommy makeover can restore your pre-pregnancy shape, but protecting your results depends as much on your recovery habits as it does on the surgery itself. Here are 6 things to avoid during your mommy makeover recovery to get the best outcomes possible.
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1. Don’t Skip Help at Home
The first two weeks after surgery are the most demanding, especially with young children in the house. Line up help before your surgery date, not after, to avoid lifting, bending, or chasing after kids when your body needs rest most.
2. Don’t Lift Heavy Objects or Kids Too Soon
Lifting puts strain on your healing abdominal muscles and incisions. Even picking up a toddler can set back your progress! I’ll let you know when it’s safe to carry anything heavier than 10 to 15 pounds, based on your specific procedure combination and healing progress.
3. Don’t Skip Your Compression Garment
Your compression garment supports the healing tissue, reduces swelling, and helps your new contours settle properly. Skipping it, even for a day, can affect how your results look once you’ve fully recovered.
4. Don’t Smoke, Vape, or Drink Alcohol
Nicotine restricts blood flow to healing tissue, while alcohol can interfere with medications and slow your recovery. Both raise your risk of complications at exactly the time your body needs to heal efficiently.
5. Don’t Neglect Your Incision Care
Skipping your wound care instructions, exposing your incisions to the sun, or picking at healing skin can all worsen scarring. While scars are a natural part of any surgical procedure, how you care for them early on affects how they look in the long run.
6. Don’t Rush Back to Your Workouts
Returning to the gym before your tissue and muscles have properly healed can compromise your diastasis recti repair or increase swelling. Ease back into activity in stages, typically starting with light exercise around 4 to 6 weeks and building up gradually over the following couple of months. Let your body, not your calendar, set the pace.
Trust the Process
Recovery can feel slow when you’re in it, but your results will be worth the wait. If you have any questions about mommy makeover procedure combinations or recovery after mommy makeover surgery, I’m happy to talk through them with you at your consultation or at any stage of the process.
Request a consultation using the online form or call Coastal Plastic Surgery at (781) 740-7840 to get started.
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