Reclaim the body you recognize, tailored to the specific changes motherhood brought.
The physical toll of pregnancy often surprises even women who felt fully prepared for it. Skin that's stretched beyond its ability to snap back, abdominal muscles that separated during pregnancy and never fully reconnected, breasts that changed shape after breastfeeding, these are common realities that no amount of postpartum exercise can fully undo. Mommy makeover surgery in Chevy Chase specifically addresses this gap between effort and outcome.
Rather than one fixed procedure, a mommy makeover is really a framework, a way of combining whichever specific surgeries address your particular concerns into one coordinated plan. Because pregnancy affects every woman's body differently, no two mommy makeovers look quite the same.
This procedure tends to be the right fit for women who feel their body hasn't returned to how it looked or felt before pregnancy. You may be a good candidate if:
During your consultation at our Chevy Chase office, Dr. Chang will evaluate your specific concerns and help build the combination of procedures that best fits your goals.
Your provider will evaluate your concerns across the abdomen, breasts, and other areas to determine which procedures should be included in your plan.
Based on your consultation, your provider will design a coordinated treatment plan combining the specific procedures best suited to your goals.
Your combined procedures are typically performed in a single surgery under general anesthesia, with duration depending on the extent of your specific plan.
You'll receive detailed aftercare instructions addressing recovery for each procedure included in your makeover.
Every patient at Congressional Plastic Surgery is cared for by board-certified surgeons who bring decades of combined training and expertise to every procedure we offer.
Dr. Christopher Chang is a double board-certified plastic surgeon with training from Harvard College, NYU School of Medicine, and Yale-New Haven Hospital, along with a fellowship in advanced craniofacial surgery from Johns Hopkins Hospital. He founded Congressional Plastic Surgery in 2015 and continues to perform a high volume of surgical and aesthetic procedures.
Dr. Hillary Jenny is a board-eligible plastic surgeon who trained at MIT and earned her MD and MPH from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She completed her residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a fellowship in aesthetic surgery in Beverly Hills, bringing specialized expertise in natural, individualized results.
A mommy makeover can absolutely be built around just the areas that matter to you. Many patients choose to focus solely on the abdomen, while others include breast procedures as well.
It can. Your provider will factor in your breastfeeding history when discussing breast-related procedures, and will also want to confirm you're fully finished breastfeeding before scheduling surgery.
Recovery experiences vary widely and aren't really comparable in a direct way, but your provider will walk you through a realistic recovery timeline and support plan specific to your procedures.
Muscle repair can still be an important part of your tummy tuck, even if skin removal is more limited. Your provider will evaluate both factors separately during your consultation.
Yes, many patients specifically plan their procedure and timeline around having reliable help at home during the initial recovery period, since lifting restrictions can affect childcare tasks.
Your provider carefully plans incision placement across all included procedures to keep scarring as discreet and cohesive as possible, rather than treating each incision in isolation.
Schedule a consultation at our Vienna, VA or Chevy Chase, MD office. We'll take it from there.
