It takes such a toll on your body
after having her three girls evet,
Vanderheiden put on a lot of weight.
I got heavy at 15,
she lost 70 pounds, but pregnancy
left its mark on her body.
My breasts
got bigger.
I never went back to
the size they were before your hips.
This everything.
It takes a toll on everything.
To address those areas most affected by
pregnancy, plastic surgeons are
performing more mommy makeovers,
a surgery combining both a breast
and abdominal procedure
as anesthetic techniques
have become safer.
We can do more procedures in
in one setting as opposed to splitting
them out over time.
Last year, plastic surgeries were down
nine percent, but these types of
combination procedures were up the same
amount for two reasons.
It lets you take off less time from work
and family duties, and
it also helps to rejuvenate a whole
unit. Good morning.
How are you
doing? Event shows a breast reduction
and a tummy tuck.
It's just take a feel.
Any tenderness.
She says the recovery was painful,
painful.
I cried a lot.
It was. It was hard.
But you've done so well.
I feel really
good. But three weeks post up, she
is down to size and feeling like
herself again in Frisco.
Lindsey Wilcockson,NBC 5.