[By Annalisa Lourdes]

Celebrity moms make it look like a breeze. ‘Legally Blonde’ actress Reese Witherspoon was downright ‘illegally lean’ just 8 weeks after she popped. Sporting one of the biggest baby bump many fashionistas had ever seen on the red carpet, supermodel Heidi Klum donned her Victoria’s Secret angel wings and strutted down the runway barely 6 weeks after her 4^th pregnancy no less.Gal Gadot, the latest big screen incarnation of Wonder Woman may very well be a super heroine in real life, re-shooting some of her scenes when she was 5 months pregnant with her second child, only to appear impossibly svelte in a midriff baring gown at the movie premiere of the blockbuster just 8 weeks after she delivered. How do they pull it off?The struggles of motherhood are real. Nine months of pregnancy followed by a crying baby, sleepless nights, and challenges of breast feeding on top of hormonal changes is no laughing matter. Granted that they’ve the luxury of a team of specialists to support them through, you can still adapt some of these superstars’ secrets for your own post-preggers’ routine, to ease your journey with better results to boot!

Star Strategy #1: Celebrities really sweat it out

Halle Berry was already 47 when she was pregnant with her second child. Despite being categorized as a high risk ‘geriatric pregnancy’, the academy award actress did not let up and continued to work out up until she was 7 1/2 months pregnant. A few weeks after the baby, “she was ready to show up, ready to lose the weight,” says celebrity trainer Ramona Braganza, who helped the star get back into her favored body con dresses in less than 15 weeks. Be it an endorsement deal, a movie contract or the pressure to look good under the scrutiny of the public eye, celebrities are highly motivated and committed to sweat it out.

If you want to get back into your pre-pregnancy skinny jeans, regular exercise is the order of the day. Wait for your doctor to give you the go-ahead, usually about six weeks after you give birth. Then ease into exercise. Start off with some stretching and light cardio and after a week or two, step it up to make sure you get your heart pumping adequately to burn off fats. For a less cardio-intense session, celebrity moms such as Jennifer Hudson, SJP and Vanessa Williams swear by Pilates, an exercise method that strengthens and lengthens muscles while increasing flexibility. Yoga, too, has a long list of A-list devotees including Madonna, veteran VS angel Alessandro Ambrosio and Angela Baby.

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Star Strategy #2: Healthy eating is a lifestyle

You don’t really need a dietician or personal chef to tell you an apple is better than a bag of crisps or having grilled chicken breast for dinner is healthier than deep fried wings. Most of us kept falling off the healthy eating wagon because junk food is so readily available and comforting in their own right, worsened by the dietary discretions we had allowed ourselves once too often during pregnancy by validating them as ‘normal cravings’. For celebrities though, avoiding sweets and fats is as much a job requirement as acting chops and singing pipes.However, this doesn’t equate to the need to go on fad diets such as Atkins and Zone especially if you’re nursing. The idea is to cut down on starchy carbs such as pasta and white rice and opt for more grains, lean meats, fish, and veggies, eating small frequent meals to keep your metabolism high.

“If you’ve cultivated good eating habits during pregnancy, keeping up with them after you’d given birth will naturally put you ahead of the game.” Advised Dr. Low Chai Ling, medical director of the SW1 Clinic and mother of two. “Eating right should be viewed and engaged upon as a long term lifestyle modification for healthy living and not as a crash measure to be aborted once your weight loss target is reached.”

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Star Strategy #3: Doesn’t hurt to dress a little better

The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton truly gave maternity dressing a royal touch, bringing it to a whole new level previously unseen. You might not have a royal minder or stylist fussing over your OOTD, but you can still look pulled together with a little effort and attention. Stop lumbering around in sweatpants and Crocs. If you don’t feel attractive in what you’re wearing, chances are you won’t feel great with the confidence and determination to tackle your postpartum recovery head on.

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Star Strategy #4: Don’t be guilty of vanity

The legendary fashion icon Diana Vreeland once remarked, “I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.”— It’s a right for every women to want to look good at any point of her lifetime, and motherhood should not usurped her needs to engage in ways to define her femininity. Baby or no baby, do not allow yourself to feel guilty or apologize for the ‘ME’ time you need to partake in a spot of personal grooming.

With her signature wavy blonde beach curls and wide, dazzling smile, the reigning queen of rom-com Kate Hudson is your quintessential carefree California girl, living it up with nary a worry in life. But behind these well-constructed public personas, celebrity moms are still normal beings not spared the woes of postpartum changes. After the delivery of her second child, Kate was plagued by hormonal acne and suffered from postpartum hair loss that’s unusually severe. “I was overwhelmed with guilt for worrying over my looks instead of celebrating my new motherhood. But ignoring my own needs didn’t make me a better mom. I was actually more bitter and more stressed than when I took time to myself.” Says the academy award winner.

Be it a quick trip to your hairstylist for a more manageable cut or a visit to your aesthetician for an SOS facial, never let up on your grooming needs. According to the American Pregnancy Association, 40% to 50% of women will experience hair loss up to 6 months post-delivery. It can be mild and back to normal in good time or can be very dramatic and extremely traumatizing, at times leading to or aggravating symptoms of postpartum depression. In recent years, laser light therapy has gained momentum as an effective treatment of hair loss. The FDA approved Revage 670 Laser is widely recognized as the gold standard to address your follicular issues, rejuvenating postpartum thinning hair to its formal glory. With no injections nor chemicals involved, Revage is undoubtedly safe for pregnant ladies and breastfeeding mothers. Studies have shown an 85% success rate in halting hair loss with an almost 40% of increased fullness reported. Therefore, this is not just a treatment that targets current hair thinning but is also useful to help prevent further hair loss, providing the perfect solution to yummy mummies troubled by hair loss woes.

Gone is the pregnant glow (if you ever had one), and unfortunately, the fall back to earth can be a tough reality check for most mothers. Due to skyrocketing and fluctuating hormonal levels, more than 50% of pregnant women actually develop melasma, a dark skin pigmentation also known as the “mask of pregnancy” around the forehead, cheeks and mouth, robbing your skin of its radiance and mar your once flawless visage with their darkened footprints.

The new kid on the block for aesthetics light and lasers therapy is the Picosecond technology, and expectedly so, Picosecond lasers are currently the most adored in game-changing Seoul. As second generation lasers (after nanosecond lasers such as Revlite and Medlite) which hit the skin in super short pulses (a picosecond is a trillionth of a second), the laser can go strong where it’s directed, without harming normal surrounding skin and causing collateral damages. SW1’s Pico Pigment LaserToning treatment as part of the Porcelain Skin Program uses the Pico Discovery laser in a pigment busting, skin smoothening protocol specially designed by their team of dedicated medical professional to tackle melasma, ensuring maximal benefits with minimal downtime. Tailored to the specific needs of different individuals, specific settings dictating specific intensities are customized to generate controlled damage at a specific depth beneath the topmost layer of the skin, stimulating collagen and elastic tissue production with appreciable improvement in skin pigmentation and uneven discoloration together with effective skin rejuvenation.

“As opposed to traditional CO2 lasers and even newer fractionated CO2 lasers commonly used in skin resurfacing treatments, Picosecond lasers do not depend on induced heat generated for reach its therapeutic goals.” Says Dr. Low Chai Ling, medical director of the SW1 Clinic (formerly from The Sloane Clinic). “The Picosecond technology allows the use of light as the unfiltered, direct energy source by virtue of its speed of delivery, achieving similar, or perhaps even better end results.”

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Star Strategy #5— Fast track the doc’s way

Reality tv star Kim Kardashian West is definitely someone who wouldn’t think twice about dropping by her doctor’s office whenever she needed some assistance to get her picture perfect in every selfie snapped. Losing a ton of baby weight and regaining her bombshell curves in double quick time after the birth of North-West had led to rife speculations of Liposuction or some form of non-surgical body contouring procedures to help her postpartum recovery.

Since entering the market about 7 years ago, Cryolipolysis or fat-freezing has remained steadfast as one of the most requested non-invasive medical technology for effective target fat loss, and when combined with sound dietary habits and regular exercise regime, the results achieved are permanent and long lasting. A single session is all it takes to see a 20-23% of fat reduction in the area(s) treated.While some may not experience notable results in round one, statistical studies analyzing collected data proved that “second time’s a charm” holds true for the majority. Coolshape cryolipolysis is currently the go to treatment,literally freezing unwanted fat cells to death by employing advanced German Zimmer technology. With an in-built massaging mechanism replacing or adding on to manual means for better lymphatic drainage of broken down fat cells and the possibility of treating multiple areas concurrently as key features, Coolshape is certainly ahead of other similar modalities seen in the current market. By cutting down treatment time and shortening the recovery period with visible results seen earlier, Coolshape offers superior results which makes it the obvious choice to make.

To ensure faster visible results and a quicker recovery time, Dream Body Tone which uses a vibro-massage core to stimulate optimal lymphatic drainage of  surrounding tissues is recommended to speed up the clearance of  broken down fat cells. In addition, it harnesses the power of sonic waves to help infuse potent skin strengthening vitamins, amino acids and peptides that are essential for collagen regeneration and remodeling, improving overall skin tone and elasticity over area(s) treated. Tag on Exilis Body Magic to further enhance your body sculpting efforts, anovel, FDA-approved treatment that engages a unique combination of ultrasound waves and radiofrequency (RF) to systematically heats up skin to various depths, resulting in both fat reduction and skin tightening, circumferential reduction, cellulite smoothening and textural gains.

With the help of this fat-busting trioin the Supermodel Bodyfit Program conceptualized by the team of Weight Management experts from the SW1 Clinic, tackling postpartum woes the Kim-K way is very much a reality today.

Rather to view them with envy as privileged super-powered beings, admire celebrity moms as a group of strong-minded women doing the best they can. Ultimately, every woman recovers at a slightly different rate, so don’t beat yourself up or abort your plan prematurely. Let your body guide you or your come-back and enjoy motherhood the way it should be!

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