Mommy Makeover in Las Vegas

Yes — and it changes the result, because the abdomen and the breasts are planned as one composition rather than two separate sales. Dr. Robert J. Troell consults, plans, and performs the combination himself, sequencing the procedures to limit total anesthesia time; whether it is done as one operation or staged is decided at the examination. Details on the breast half of the plan are at breast augmentation.

A mommy makeover typically takes 4-6 hours depending on the combination of procedures included. Because multiple surgeries are performed in one session, the total operating time is less than if each procedure were done separately. Dr. Troell plans the procedure sequence carefully to minimize time under anesthesia while maximizing results.

The tummy tuck component is typically the most significant source of discomfort. The first 3-5 days are the most uncomfortable, with tightness across the abdomen, soreness in the breasts, and general fatigue. Prescription pain medication manages discomfort effectively. Most patients report that the results are well worth the recovery period.

Most surgeons recommend waiting at least 6 months after your last pregnancy and 3-6 months after finishing breastfeeding. This allows your body to return to its baseline weight and hormone levels, ensuring more predictable surgical results. Your body should be at a stable weight before surgery.

Most patients with desk jobs return to work in 2-3 weeks. Those with physically demanding jobs may need 4-6 weeks. You will need help at home for the first 1-2 weeks, especially if you have young children. Avoid lifting anything over 10 pounds (including children) for at least 4-6 weeks.

While a future pregnancy will not harm you medically, it can reverse many of the results achieved by your mommy makeover — particularly the tummy tuck and breast procedures. For this reason, most surgeons strongly recommend completing your family before undergoing a mommy makeover. If you do become pregnant afterward, revision procedures are possible.

The most common combination includes a tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) with either breast augmentation, breast lift, or both. Liposuction is frequently added to sculpt the flanks, hips, or thighs. Every mommy makeover is customized — during your consultation, Dr. Troell will recommend the specific combination that addresses your individual concerns.

The terms describe how far the contouring goes, not a different operation. A standard mommy makeover pairs the breasts with the abdomen; a 360 or full-body plan takes the abdominal work all the way around — a tummy tuck with Lipo 360 of the abdomen, flanks, and lower back in the same session — and can extend to the hips, thighs, or arms when the examination shows excess fat or loose skin there. Dr. Troell decides the extent at the consultation, and because every added area lengthens the operation, whether it is one session or two is part of that judgment. What a tummy tuck with Lipo 360 involves, and how its recovery differs from a tummy tuck alone, is covered in our guide.

It is the right question to settle before surgery, because a mommy makeover heals on several clocks at once: the liposuctioned flanks and hips stay swollen for weeks, the abdominal swelling and the tummy tuck scar keep settling for months, and the breasts have their own arc — which is why this page's timeline puts final results at three to six months, with scars maturing beyond that. At Troell Cosmetic Surgery in Las Vegas, the person judging each of those stages is the surgeon who did the operation: Dr. Robert J. Troell is the practice's only surgeon, and his patients' follow-up visits happen in the same South Fort Apache Road office where the consultation and surgery took place. He holds hospital privileges at Summerlin Hospital Medical Center should a complication ever need hospital-level care, and he has published on minimizing complications in body contouring (Liposuction 20-Year Learned Experience, Part 2, 2025). Whether a revision is appropriate — and what a revision would cost you — is decided case by case at those follow-ups once healing has declared itself; no surgeon can honestly promise that in advance, and individual results vary.