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Your Mommy Makeover Recovery, Protocol-Driven

The exact recovery kit Dr. Piazza recommends after mommy makeover surgery — because healing well is part of the results.

Mommy Makeover Recovery Kit
The Complete Kit

Mommy Makeover Recovery Kit

  • HigherDOSE Full Body Red Light MatWall-mounted, zero-contact — sit in a chair so incisions never touch the surface
  • Silagen Scar Gel SPF 30Medical-grade silicone with sun protection, once incisions have closed
  • Stamets7 Mushroom BlendDaily immune support during recovery
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The Splurge, Explained Yes, the red light mat is an investment. Here's what makes it worth it for surgical patients: it mounts to your wall, so you sit in a chair in front of it instead of lying on top of it — meaning your healing incisions never make contact with the mat's surface.
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MOMMY MAKEOVER RECOVERY TIMELINE

A longer recovery, and a kit built for it.

A mommy makeover combines abdominoplasty and waistline liposculpting with breast surgery in a single session of roughly four to six hours, and Dr. Piazza takes particular care to preserve nerve pathways as he goes. The recovery is correspondingly longer than any one of those procedures alone.

  1. DAYS 1–4

    Rest, and the first shower

    Plan on resting at home, with early walking encouraged. Foam pads sit over liposculpted areas and an abdominal binder controls swelling; one or two small drains may be used in the tummy area. Showering is typically allowed once the foam compression comes off, around day 4.

    FROM THE KIT If Dr. Piazza clears red light this early, the mat is wall-mounted — you sit in front of it, never on it.

  2. DAYS 5–14

    Still home, still resting

    Most of the 10 to 14 days at home fall here. Compression garments stay on and walking continues.

    FROM THE KIT Stamets7 runs daily throughout.

  3. ~2 WEEKS

    Back to work

    Most patients return to work around the two-week mark. Discomfort through weeks two and three is generally managed with over-the-counter medication, with compression garments still worn.

  4. ONCE INCISIONS CLOSE

    Scar care begins

    Silicone therapy starts only after your incisions have fully closed. Your surgeon confirms when that is.

    FROM THE KIT Silagen Scar Gel SPF 30. The sun protection is the point here — a tummy tuck scar is long, low and easy to expose at the pool.

  5. 6 WEEKS

    Full activity

    Cleared for full activities at around six weeks. Final results emerge over three to six months as swelling fully resolves.

These stages are drawn from Dr. Piazza's mommy makeover procedure guide. Read the full procedure guide (opens in a new tab)