Mommy Makeover Recovery
A Mommy Makeover is not one recovery — it is two or three overlapping recoveries happening at once. Our protocol is built for the layered complexity, not just the loudest procedure in the combination.
Understanding Mommy Makeover, honestly.
A Mommy Makeover is a combination procedure, customized to each patient. Most commonly it pairs a full abdominoplasty with a breast augmentation, breast lift, or both, and frequently adds liposuction of the flanks and back. Some combinations also include fat transfer to the breasts or buttocks.
Because the combination is individual, recovery has to be individual too. The drain care of a tummy tuck, the arm-movement limits of a breast procedure, and the garment demands of liposuction all coexist. Recovering well is less about willpower and more about a care plan that respects every moving piece.
Your Mommy Makeover timeline
A realistic, phase-by-phase map of what the first six months tend to look like. Every recovery is individual, but the rhythms below are consistent enough to plan around.
Two recoveries at once
You will feel the abdominal repair most in the lower back and the breast procedure most through the upper chest and shoulders. Sleeping is typically inclined, with knees elevated and arms supported on pillows. Drains from the abdomen are usually in place. Movement is slow, assisted, and deliberate.
Phase 1 of 5
How we run your recovery
Not a list of amenities — a sequence of clinical and hospitality decisions we make on your behalf, every day, until we hand you off cleanly.
Integrated pre-arrival plan
We map the individual combination you are having done — tummy tuck, which breast procedure, any lipo, any fat transfer — against your surgeon's discharge orders before you land. The plan is one document, not three.
Dual-focus monitoring
Staff are trained to watch both the abdominal repair and the breast closures. Every shift, we check drains, breast symmetry, garment fit, incision lines, pain control, and mobility thresholds side by side.
Layered positioning
Beds are set up inclined with a wedge, knee pillow, and side-supporting arm pillows so neither the abdominal repair nor the breast closures are stressed in sleep or rest. Log-roll technique is taught on day one.
Modified lymphatic drainage
Sessions are adapted to your combination. We work around the breast closures, focus drainage on the flanks and lower back, and protect any fat-transfer areas exactly as a single-procedure protocol would.
Garment coordination
Abdominal binder, compression garment, and surgical bra are all managed on a daily schedule. Transitions — binder to faja, surgical bra to sports bra — are coordinated with your surgeon's timeline, not guessed at.
Discharge with layered education
You leave with a written plan that covers drain signs, arm range-of-motion limits, scar care for every incision, garment schedules, and escalation criteria — one integrated document you can hand to any provider back home.
The short list of things that can't wait until morning.
We want you informed, not alarmed. If any of the following happen during your stay, tell a staff member immediately — we will loop in your surgeon. If you are already home and see any of these, call your surgeon the same day or, where noted, call 911 first.
(305) 833-4151Fever above 101 F (38.3 C)
With multiple incision sites, infection risk is spread across more tissue. Same-day surgeon contact for any sustained fever.
Shortness of breath or chest pain
Combined procedures carry a higher cumulative clot risk. Treat new shortness of breath as a possible pulmonary embolism — call 911 first.
One-sided leg pain, swelling, or warmth
Possible deep vein thrombosis. Do not massage the leg. Urgent evaluation.
Sudden one-sided breast swelling or firmness
May indicate a hematoma around an implant or closure. Contact your surgeon within hours, not overnight.
Incision separation on abdomen or breasts
Any opening along a closure warrants same-day surgeon attention, even if it looks small.
Foul-smelling or pus-like drainage from any site
Possible infection. Do not wait through the night to see how it develops.
Skin darkening at an incision or under a garment seam
Possible skin compromise. Loosen compression and contact your surgeon the same day.
Most-booked for Mommy Makeover
Eight nights in a private suite is the most-booked Mommy Makeover package. It covers the drain window, the first real lymphatic cadence, and the restricted-movement phase where having a dedicated care team quietly matters most.
8 nights, everything handled.
- 24/7 post-op monitoring and medication management
- Chef-prepared recovery meals and hydration protocol
- Round-trip airport transportation
- Surgeon appointment transport
- Daily garment and compression management
- Surgical coordinator communication
Investment
$5,340 with lymphatic drainage massage included.
Check-in 3:00 PM
Check-out 11:00 AM
Mommy Makeover — questions, answered.
Other recovery guides
Each protocol is tailored to the procedure — not a one-size-fits-all checklist.
6 to 8 week full protocol
Brazilian Butt Lift Recovery
A Brazilian Butt Lift combines liposuction of the abdomen, flanks, and back with the careful re-injection of your own purified fat into the gluteal region.
6 to 8 week full protocol
Tummy Tuck Recovery
A tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty, removes excess skin and fat from the abdomen and — in full and extended tuck procedures — repairs separated abdominal muscles (diastasis recti) with permanent sutures.
4 to 6 week full protocol
Liposuction 360 Recovery
Liposuction 360, or lipo 360, is circumferential liposuction of the mid-section — abdomen, flanks, and back — usually in the same surgical session.
Ready when you are.
Most Mommy Makeover patients book four to eight weeks before surgery. We will walk you through the package fit, the travel plan, and the clinical details on a single call.