What Size Buttocks Is Right for Me?

If you’ve never been happy with the size of your buttocks, then a butt lift by San Diego plastic surgeon Dr. Kaweski just might be what the doctor ordered! Commonly referred to as a Brazilian butt lift, this procedure involves performing liposuction of a problem area on your body to harvest fat, processing, and cleansing that fat, and then injecting it into your gluteal muscles......
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4 Tips to Maintain the Results of Your Mommy Makeover

Getting a Mommy Makeover is a huge decision for San Diego moms to make. It’s common for moms to only focus on their families, and put themselves on the backburner. But when you decide to rejuvenate your body through a tummy tuck, breast lift, breast augmentation and liposuction, you’re finally putting yourself first. As an experienced plastic surgeon, who’s even nicknamed Dr. Mommy Makeover®, Dr….


Will a Mommy Makeover Take Care of All the Loose Skin from Pregnancy

One of the main reasons that San Diego women love getting a mommy makeover is to regain their pre-pregnancy body. After all, who doesn’t want to wear a bikini at the beach? But, pregnancy can leave women with loose abdominal skin in their abdomen and breasts. Can a mommy makeover – a procedure that typically combines a tummy tuck with a breast augmentation and/or breast......
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What Happens if I Gain Weight After a Tummy Tuck?

For San Diego women who want to wear a bikini at the beach, feel more attractive in tight clothing, or just feel more comfortable in their own skin, a tummy tuck can be a great plastic surgery procedure. Not to be mistaken for a weight loss surgery, a tummy tuck includes making a hip to hip incision across the lower abdomen to remove loose and......
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What Causes Abdominal Muscle Separation?

Separated abdominal muscles, or diastasis recti, is a big problem for San Diego tummy tuck patients. This condition occurs when there is too much pressure placed on the abdomen, causing the organs inside the abdominal cavity – mainly the intestines – to push through the abdominal muscles. The result of separated abdominal muscles is a bulge that you can’t get rid of on your own,......
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What Are the Best Exercises to Tone Abs After a Tummy Tuck Surgery?

Many San Diego men and women who decide to get a tummy tuck surgery are doing so because they want to either regain their former, more contoured shape, or because they have a new commitment to their health. Therefore, one of the common questions that Dr. Kaweski receives from her tummy tuck patients is about abdominal exercises. When is it safe to resume them? And......
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What Are the Benefits of Combining Procedures?

Known as Dr. Mommy MakeoverTM, Dr. Kaweski of Aesthetic Arts Institute of Plastic Surgery frequently combines surgical procedures for San Diego women looking to rejuvenate and restore their bodies after they are done having children. The popular mommy makeover surgery typically combines the following procedures: A tummy tuck, to remove loose or sagging abdominal skin and stitch up separated abdominal muscles that cause a protruding…


How Soon Can I Receive a Mommy Makeover After Giving Birth?

Known as Dr. Mommy MakeoverTM, Dr. Kaweski is one of the most sought-after San Diego area plastic surgeons to help mothers restore and rejuvenate their bodies after giving birth. With all the changes that appear on your body after pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding, you may be eager to have this combination of breast, abdominal and liposuction procedures. But as you’ll learn through this blog post,......
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Can a Tummy Tuck Correct Diastasis Recti?

Diastasis recti, or separated abdominal muscles, is a common result of pregnancy for women in San Diego and all around the world. With this condition, the abdominal muscles separate, causing the belly to protrude and cause postpartum women to have a pooch that they can’t diet or exercise away. If you have diastasis recti, you may feel hopeless. But you shouldn’t. A tummy tuck, which......
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