Seattle Plastic Surgeon’s favorite mommy makeover postoperative question: “Is it okay for me to wear a bikini?”
Be sure to wear your sunscreen!
I saw one of my favorite patients yesterday. She’s a hard working mother of three and is about a year out from her mommy makeover. She wondered if was okay for her to wear a bikini on an upcoming adult-only-no-kids-invited trip to Maui. And to think that just a year ago, she was loath to get into any swimsuit.
This is what my makes my work so enjoyable. It’s gratifying to see these moms (and sometimes grandmoms!) get a little or sometimes a lot of their babehood back.
Recovering from a mommy makeover can be a challenge in many ways. There is the discomfort, the physical restrictions, the time off work, the extra needed help with the kids, and those darn scars but ……………….once the patient is back to her normal routine and the scars are on their way to fading, she can slip into a bikini, run into the surf and enjoy many more years of being a babe.
Seattle Plastic Surgeon discusses a very thoughtful mother’s last wishes.
“To my daughter, I leave $$$$$ for the purpose of plastic surgery.”
One question I always ask when a patient is thinking about having a plastic surgery procedure is “why now?” The answer can be very interesting and often very relavent. Here are some answers I have received over the years:
I’ve always wanted to do this but my husband wouldn’t let me and now we have split up and I can do what I want.
I’m old enough to make my own decisions now.
I saw a photo of myself at my son’s graduation and was shocked when I saw my double chin. I didn’t think it was that bad.
I flipped a house in Ellensburg and have the money. (This was, of course, before the real estate crash.)
I finally have my kids through school and can spend the money on me instead of them.
I’ve worked so hard to get down to and stay at this weight and now I want to do this as a reward.
Recently I received an totally unexpected answer to this question. My prospective patient had recently lost her mother after a long illness. In the last few days, the mother confided in her daughter that she had put aside some money for a face lift. The mother was a fan of plastic surgery having benefited from a breast reduction years earlier. She wanted to make sure her daughter used this money for plastic surgery, specifically a mommy makeover. That mother knew that everytime her daughter slipped into her swimsuit and enjoyed her surgical result, there would be a smile and a “Thanks Mom”.
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