90 Day Fiancé star Loren Brovarnik is happy with her decision to undergo a mommy makeover after she and her husband Alexei Brovarnik completed their family in 2022.
“When I became pregnant with [son] “Shai,” I told Alex, “when we’re done having kids, I’m going to do a mommy makeover,” Loren, 35, exclusively shared Us weekly on Thursday, April 25, while promoting the new season of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? “I knew [I wanted it] Because a woman’s body goes through things, right? And we were very lucky to get pregnant one after the other, but then my muscles just didn’t come back.”
Loren, who shares sons Shai, 4, and Asher, 2, and daughter Ariel, 20 months, with Alexei, said that while she felt like she was “anticipating” having the procedure, but she thought it would be best to do it when her children were small.
“Keep doing it because as they get older they will want us or need us more,” she said Us. “So it’s done and it’s over. It’s behind us.”
As part of her mommy makeover, Loren had a tummy tuck because she had abdominal diastasis as a result of her pregnancy. According to the Cleveland Clinic, abdominal diastasis is a common condition in which the abdominal muscles become loose and fail to stretch during pregnancy.
“My muscles were separated by a distance, they counted them in units, mine were four units apart. So I had a tummy tuck and [the doctor] “Put my muscles back together,” she explained
Loren also underwent 360° liposuction, a procedure aimed at reducing excess fat around the stomach. Some of the fat was transferred to her breasts, but some was lost in the transfer, which Loren said was “expected.”
Loren Brovarnik
Us weekly“I personally didn’t want implants, so it wasn’t the best health choice for me, but I’m happy,” she said Us. “The silver lining is that I feel great and am tense.”
The surgery lasted “seven hours” and Loren joked it felt like a “good nap” for her. Once the procedure is completed, Loren’s expected healing time should be six weeks. However, she took longer to recover due to an infection. Loren admitted that she didn’t take her recovery “seriously” at first and continued with her daily routine.
“I can’t just sit there and look at a pile of laundry or dishes,” she admitted. “I just can’t do it, so I backed off a bit, but you’ll see everything.”
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While Loren was on the mend, Alexei was by her side, stepping in to “take care of other things at home.” Despite a difficult recovery process, Loren has “no regrets” about undergoing her mommy transformation.
“I would be lying if I said body dysmorphia has gone away. It’s not something that goes away overnight,” she said. “And now that I’ve had the surgery, I want to be the best version of myself, so I’m harder on myself. I want to train, feel good and look good, but I have no regrets. I just take it day by day.”
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? airs Sundays at 8pm EST on TLC
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi