http://www.bodypostbaby.com Exploring and fixing changes after pregnancy Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:44:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feb 2010 published a study out of Norway looking at exercise, BMI, and baby birth weight. Findings? They looked at 43000+ women aged 15-49 who were pregnant with a single fetus.  The women’s exercise was walking jogging, biking, weight training, aerobics, etc.  They averaged 6 times a month for ... http://www.bodypostbaby.com/pre-pregnancy-advice-from-a-plastic-surgeon/exercise-during-pregnancy-and-baby-weight/ If only unicorns were real.  I hear patients say all the time "I can tone that skin up later when I start to exercise again."  Ug.  I am the poor girl who has to correct them.  I have to tell them that unicorns and faries are not real.  I wish you ... http://www.bodypostbaby.com/belly/after-pregancy-skin-tightening-without-surgery/ I answered a question recently about timing of a mommy makeover.  The person was traveling out of state via plane to have the surgery done.  I tried to redirect her to the real issue: how safe is travel to have surgery? Mommy makeover is a combined surgery of breast and body.  Her question ... http://www.bodypostbaby.com/belly/mommy-makeover-surgery-traveling-out-of-state-for-surgery/ When I started my practice a decade ago, most of my breast reductions were covered by insurance.  I think they are a great surgery, improving posture, neck pain, back pain, shoulder notching, and the ability to go jogging. Things have changed. Now almost none of my reductions can get covered. It is ... http://www.bodypostbaby.com/breast/breast-reduction-and-insurance-coverage-what-is-the-schnur-scale/ Short answer: Yes. You can get pregnant after a tummy tuck.  That being said, every plastic surgeon you meet will tell you to tuck after babies.  Why? Well, what makes you want to get a tummy tuck now? You are likely stretched out, hanging or loose skin,  loosened muscles, and maybe stretch marks.  When we do ... http://www.bodypostbaby.com/belly/can-you-get-pregnant-after-a-tummy-tuck/ Ah. The joys of being female.  All those lovely “woman” things, sometimes can lead you to need a hysterectomy.  Ug.  But can there be a silver lining? If you have to have a hysterectomy, can you do this with a tummy tuck?  For those with no attention span, the quick answer: ... http://www.bodypostbaby.com/belly/hysterectomy-and-tummy-tuck-2-for-1/ Yup. That's right. Go raid your kids toys. There is a use for those marbles. The marble trick is supposed to help "round" out the belly button and/or enlarge it a bit if it is starting to constrict down too much. Unclear how well this works, but I have had some patients ... http://www.bodypostbaby.com/belly/the-marble-trick-with-belly-buttons/ Let's hear it for the girls!  I love breastfeeding.  We always knew it was good for your heart to snuggle and be close to your baby (awwwww.)  But now science supports it as well.  I know breast feeding doesn't make the breasts look prettier long term (in the short term it ... http://www.bodypostbaby.com/breast/breastfeeding/go-breast-feeding-new-study-shows-it-helps-moms-heart-too/ Ah. I just wrote a blog on my website about skin products. Winter is a fantastic time to clean up your skin.  Shorter days, less sun... But many of  those lovely products which help with wrinkles and ridding of pesky pigment in your skin (which while pregnant likely got worse.)... many ... http://www.bodypostbaby.com/skin/wintertime-its-skin-season-what-is-baby-friendly/ Yup. The Senate, at the 11th hour, on a Saturday night while no one was watching tacked on a cosmetic procedure tax. 5%. On every cosmetic surgery, botox injection, filler injection, and ??? what else. The issues are multiple: 1. Never has the government taxed a patient for a medical procedure. 2. 90% of all "cosmetic" ... http://www.bodypostbaby.com/uncategorized/cosmetic-surgery-tax-starting-january-1/