What does a mommy makeover include?

A surgeon lays out a sample breast implant, an abdominal binder and a sealed liposuction cannula on a desk for a patient.

The phrase sounds like a package, but it is a label, and the label does not fix what any one patient receives.

The answer, as published

The Aesthetic Society defines the term this way: A “mommy makeover” is a term to describe a series of procedures that address changes to the body caused by childbirth.

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons describes the scope: There are many areas of the body that can be addressed, most commonly the breasts, abdomen, waist, genitalia and buttocks.

So the inclusion list is a menu of areas. Your own list is whatever is chosen from that menu.

Where to read the detail

Each publisher has a full page worth reading before a consultation: the ASPS overview of the mommy makeover and the Aesthetic Society procedure overview. Reading both at the deciding stage lets you arrive in Fayetteville or Manlius with your own list of areas rather than a bundle someone else assembled.

The warning sign that changes the answer

A quote that lists "a mommy makeover" without naming each procedure is not yet an answer to this question. Ask for the procedures written out, area by area, and compare them to the two publisher descriptions above.

The question that usually follows

Once the areas are settled, the next question is how the individual procedures are priced and sequenced. That is a question for the written plan, so ask for it before surgery is scheduled.