Top 8 Concerns Women Have About their Tummy After Pregnancy and How to Treat it

Mums want to feel confident and wear their favourite clothes. If your tummy gets in the way of that, here are 8 fixes.

1. Loose skin
PROBLEM — Your tummy looks deflated after birth.

SOLUTION — Skin may retract naturally. Healthy habits support skin repair. Eat well, drink water, don’t smoke. Saggy skin can be treated with a tummy tuck.

2. Excess fat
PROBLEM — Pregnancy weight gain can rock your self esteem.

SOLUTION — Write a diet and exercise plan. Eat veggies and lean proteins. Exercise 3-5x a week. If a small fat pocket won’t budge, consider body contouring such as VASER liposuction or TruSculpt.

3. Stretch marks
PROBLEM — Angry stretch marks can make mums want to hide their tummy.

SOLUTION — Stretch marks fade over time. LED Light, Laser Genesis or Rx creams may fade them faster.

4. Still looking pregnant
PROBLEM — If your tummy pooch won’t go away, it could be muscle separation or pregnancy weight gain.

SOLUTION — To lose weight, diet and exercise is the best solution. Skip crash diets. Instead, write a weekly menu plan, do meal prep and stay active. Try core exercise or physiotherapy for separated muscles. A tummy tuck can also repair the muscle.

5. Incontinence
PROBLEM — Does urine leak when you laugh or cough?

SOLUTION — Try kegels. Vaginal rejuvenation may also reduce incontinence by thickening the vaginal walls.

6. C-section scar
PROBLEM — A Caesarean leaves a scar.

SOLUTION — Laser Genesis and Rx creams may improve redness and texture. Scar revision can also be done during a tummy tuck.

7. Saggy mons
PROBLEM — A bulging mons pubis makes it hard to wear swimwear and pants.

SOLUTION — Losing weight may reduce mons fat. Liposuction and non-invasive options like TruSculpt are available. Extensive sagging is treated with a mons lift. This can be done during a tummy tuck.

8. Muscle separation
PROBLEM — The 6-pack abs can separate due to pregnancy.

SOLUTION — Core exercises and physiotherapy may improve muscle separation. If that fails, a tummy tuck may be the next step.

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Many women have loose skin after pregnancy or weight loss. Dr Beldholm is a Specialist surgeon that helps mums and post weight loss patients remove loose skin and tighten separated muscles so you can feel confident and wear the clothes you love.

Dr Bernard Beldholm M.B.B.S B.Sc(Med) FRACS is a Specialist surgeon (board certified) focused on Body contouring surgery after weight loss and pregnancy.

*Disclaimer: Individual results may vary. All surgery carries risks and you should seek a second opinion before proceeding. The opinions expressed in these videos are those of Dr Beldholm and may differ from other specialists opinions. Dr Beldholm's opinion may also differ from the majority held view.