When to start, what works, and the importance of clearing things with your obstetrician first.
Many of our clients ask about body treatments after pregnancy. Our first answer is always the same. Talk to your obstetrician, then come to us.
Most non-invasive body treatments are safe to start three to six months after delivery, provided your obstetrician has cleared you, you are no longer breastfeeding for some protocols, and there are no complications from pregnancy or delivery. We never start without explicit medical clearance.
The most common post-pregnancy concerns are abdominal laxity, weakened core muscles, and stubborn fat deposits that have not responded to diet and exercise. Each needs a different treatment.
For muscle weakness and mild diastasis recti, we recommend our body sculpting device, which combines high-intensity focused electromagnetic energy to strengthen muscles with simultaneous fat reduction. It can deliver the equivalent of thousands of muscle contractions per session, far more than voluntary exercise can achieve. A course of four to six sessions, two per week, restores meaningful core strength.
For skin laxity, particularly around the abdomen, RF treatments work better. They stimulate collagen and elastin in the deeper layers and tighten the surface over a course of sessions. We sometimes pair this with EXION RF Microneedling for tighter, smoother skin.
For pelvic floor weakness, which is very common after delivery, the Emsella chair is non-invasive, fully clothed, and effective. Six to twelve sessions over six weeks deliver supramaximal contractions that strengthen the pelvic floor far beyond voluntary Kegels.
What we will not do. Aggressive ablative treatments in the early postpartum window. Anything with significant pain medication requirements while breastfeeding. Any combination that has not been discussed with your obstetrician.
Healing from pregnancy is its own work. Treatments come after that, not in place of it.