Your Personalized Mommy Makeover Procedure
Your Mommy Makeover Procedure Starts With Precise Planning. Dr. Tyler Frew Tailors Tummy Tuck, Lipo 360, and Breast Surgery to Your Frame and Goals.
Board certified plastic surgeon Dr. Tyler Frew customizes every mommy makeover procedure to your anatomy and goals.
Your plan may include a tummy tuck mommy makeover with diastasis repair, Lipo 360, and personalized breast surgery for natural, balanced results.
What Is a Surgical Mommy Makeover?
A surgical mommy makeover is a tailored combination of procedures that restore proportion after pregnancy or weight change. It is not one operation. It is a plan that can include:
- Tummy tuck with muscle repair to flatten the abdomen and improve core support
- Lipo 360 to refine the waist, flanks, and back
- Breast surgery such as breast lift, breast reduction, breast augmentation, or fat transfer
Your consultation covers pros and cons, candidacy, recovery and options so you can make clear, confident decisions.
Tummy Tuck Mommy Makeover (Core Repair + Lipo 360)
In a tummy tuck mommy makeover, Dr. Frew removes excess skin, repairs diastasis recti to bring the abdominal muscles back together and contours the torso with Lipo 360.
The goals are a flatter abdomen, a smaller waist, and smooth transitions around the back and flanks. Mini, full, or extended approaches are chosen based on skin laxity and where excess extends. Reinforcing stitches help keep the scar thin, and light therapy protocols support healing.
Breast Options in Your Mommy Makeover
When planning your mommy makeover, breast surgery options are customized to restore balance, proportion, and a shape that feels natural and confident.
- Breast Reduction – Ideal when breasts stayed large and low after childbirth. Reduction lifts, tightens, and resizes while keeping you in proportion. In select cases, autologous techniques internally support reshaped tissue.
- Breast Lift (Mastopexy) – Raises and reshapes by tightening skin. Can be performed with or without implants depending on your desired fullness.
- Breast Augmentation – Restores volume with saline or silicone implants or with your own fat. Silicone gels range from soft to more cohesive for different looks. Width and projection matter for how the breast sits on your frame. Dr. Frew often uses an inframammary fold incision and selects above or below muscle placement after measurements to protect a natural contour.
- Fat Transfer to the Breasts – Gentle liposuction harvests fat that is purified and layered to refine upper pole, cleavage, and symmetry. Fat transfer can also be combined with implants to soften edges or correct small asymmetries.
- Sizing tip – Do not lock onto a cup size or a cc number. Dr. Frew sizes by frame measurements and try-on so you can see how options look on you.
By selecting the right breast procedure or combination of procedures, Dr. Frew ensures your results align with your goals, your frame, and your vision of harmony.
Lipo 360 and Body Contouring
Lipo 360 shapes the upper, mid, and lower back plus the flanks and abdomen to thin the skin envelope and reveal definition.
Arms or thighs can be added when appropriate. Contouring near the lateral breast or the superior axilla can refine breast transitions for a smooth, cohesive result.
Mommy Makeover Before & After
Your Mommy Makeover Procedure Plan
Your plan starts with goal setting, photos, and measurements. Dr. Frew maps incision placement, reviews implant types or fat transfer if indicated, and outlines recovery milestones, garment use, and timelines.
You will know what will change, what will stay the same, and how we protect long term support and function.
Recovery and Aftercare
Your recovery and aftercare are an essential part of the mommy makeover journey, designed to protect your results and support a smoother healing process.
- Early phase – Expect swelling and soreness in the first two weeks. You will walk with assistance, wear compression, and likely be off work if your job is physical.
- Follow up – Weekly check-ins guide garment fit, lymphatic massage, and scar care. Light therapy is used before, right after, and during recovery to support cellular repair.
- Milestones – Drains are commonly removed by the end of week two and most patients are nearly standing straight. Results refine over several months as swelling fades.
With attentive follow-up and steady milestones, you can expect your body to gradually settle into its new contours as comfort returns and results become beautifully refined.
Exclusive Photobiomodulation Healing Protocol
To enhance comfort and accelerate recovery, Dr. Frew integrates an exclusive photobiomodulation healing protocol into every mommy makeover aftercare plan. This advanced light therapy is applied before surgery, immediately after, and throughout the healing process. By stimulating cellular repair, it helps reduce swelling, minimize bruising, and create a more comfortable recovery experience.
Patients often notice that photobiomodulation not only shortens downtime but also allows their results to appear more quickly and with greater clarity. This protocol is one of the reasons Balikian Plastic Surgery patients can enjoy refined, natural-looking outcomes while returning to daily life with less disruption.
Why Choose Dr. Tyler Frew
Choose a surgeon who specializes in this work; Dr. Tyler Frew is a board certified plastic surgeon focused on breast and body procedures, known for precise planning that protects function while shaping natural contours.
- Board certified plastic surgeon focused on breast and body surgery
- Precision planning that balances aesthetics with healthy function
- Careful Lipo 360 technique and layered grafting when fat transfer is used
- Clear communication, realistic expectations, and attentive follow up
With precise Lipo 360 technique, strategic layered fat grafting when appropriate and attentive follow up care, Dr. Frew delivers results that resemble you, only better. His body contouring approach often combines a tummy tuck with muscle repair, Lipo 360 to sculpt the waist, flanks, and back, and a customized breast procedure such as a lift, augmentation, or fat transfer. This comprehensive plan creates smooth transitions, balanced proportions, and a shape that feels naturally yours.
Because Dr. Frew personalizes every step to match your anatomy, goals, and lifestyle, you receive a surgical experience grounded in artistry, technical expertise and clear communication. His enhanced recovery protocols, including photobiomodulation light therapy, support faster healing, reduced swelling and an easier return to daily life. The result is a refined and natural looking transformation that restores confidence and helps you feel fully reconnected with your body.
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Mommy Makeover FAQs
What exactly is a “Mommy Makeover,” and what does it include?
A Mommy Makeover is a customized plan that often combines a tummy tuck with diastasis repair, Lipo 360 for the torso, and a breast procedure such as lift, reduction, augmentation, or fat transfer. It is not one standard operation but a set of procedures tailored to your frame and goals.
Is it safe to combine tummy tuck with Lipo 360 in one surgery?
In healthy, non-smoking patients, combining liposuction with abdominoplasty has not been shown to increase complications compared with abdominoplasty alone when performed by experienced surgeons using modern techniques.
Large series and meta-analyses of lipoabdominoplasty report low major complication rates.
What does repairing diastasis recti change besides appearance?
Repairing abdominal wall separation improves core support and can reduce back pain, functional limitations, and stress urinary incontinence in appropriately selected patients. Systematic reviews and cohort studies report functional gains after plication.
How are breast options chosen, and which incision is usually used?
Dr. Frew measures your frame and selects the procedure that restores proportion. Many augmentations use an inframammary fold incision, and placement above or below the muscle is individualized.
Evidence suggests inframammary incisions have lower capsular contracture rates than some alternatives.
Can fat transfer be used instead of or along with implants?
Yes. Small-volume fat transfer can refine upper-pole fullness or symmetry and can be combined with implants.
Published reviews show low major complication rates, while noting that volume retention varies and larger volumes have higher rates of fat-related changes such as oil cysts.
Will I have drains after a tummy tuck?
Many patients do, and they are commonly removed by the end of week two in Dr. Frew’s pathway. Some surgeons use progressive-tension or quilting sutures to reduce seroma risk and, in select cases, avoid drains.
What does recovery look like in the first weeks?
Expect the most swelling and soreness in the first two weeks, with short, frequent walks and compression. Weekly follow-ups guide garment fit, lymphatic massage, scar care, and most patients are nearly standing straight by the end of week two.
How do you minimize blood-clot risk during recovery?
Your plan emphasizes early ambulation, compression, and individualized risk assessment. Abdominoplasty carries a higher VTE risk than many other aesthetic procedures, so evidence-based prevention is important.
Does my BMI or smoking status affect safety?
Yes. Higher BMI and smoking increase wound-healing problems and overall complications in abdominoplasty and aesthetic surgery. Surgeons commonly recommend reaching a stable, healthy weight and stopping all nicotine well before surgery.
I am taking GLP-1 medications. Do I need to stop them before surgery?
Current multi-society guidance indicates most patients can continue GLP-1 receptor agonists before elective procedures, with individualized planning for those with significant GI symptoms or higher aspiration risk. Follow your anesthesia team’s specific instructions.
How are scars managed after a Mommy Makeover?
Silicone-based scar therapy and steady follow-up are standard. Meta-analyses show topical silicone can help prevent or improve hypertrophic scar features over months of consistent use.
What recovery tools does your practice use to improve comfort and swelling?
Your pathway may include an exclusive photobiomodulation protocol around surgery. Evidence from other surgical fields suggests PBM can reduce postoperative pain and edema, although results vary across studies.
Elite Surgical Skill in Breast & Body Aesthetics
Dr. Tyler Frew is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon specializing in aesthetic surgery of the breast and body.
He is known for delivering natural-looking results through advanced techniques in breast enhancement, tummy tuck, liposuction, and mommy makeover procedures.
Dr. Frew combines surgical expertise with compassionate, patient-focused care, helping each individual restore confidence and achieve their personal aesthetic goals.
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