Brittany Cartwright has shared her life on TV since becoming a member of Vanderpump Rules in 2015, most lately on VPR spinoff The Valley. Most lately, she’s mentioned her battle to really feel comfy in her physique after giving start to her son Cruz in April 2021.
“I have been very open about my weight loss journey,” Cartwright, 35, tells PEOPLE. “And even with as a lot weight as I misplaced, there are nonetheless so many downside areas that it doesn’t matter what I did, I can not repair.”
To assist her really feel higher about her look, Cartwright turned to AirSculpt, a minimally invasive, FDA-approved physique contouring remedy designed to completely take away fats and tighten pores and skin whereas sculpting focused areas of the physique. Cartwright bought the concept from her costar Kristen Doute.
“After seeing Kristen do AirSculpt and the way superb it labored for her, I knew that this was one thing I needed to strive,” Cartwright says, including that her decrease stomach “was my greatest concern.”
So she consulted with Dr. Aaron Rollins on the Miami Clinic and had the remedy performed over Memorial Day weekend this 12 months. Cartwright’s Valley castmate and faculty bestie Zack Wickham joined her within the room whereas she had Abdomen AirSculpt+ performed, in addition to pores and skin tightening.
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“It was so nice,” Cartwright says of the remedy, which does not require anesthesia. “That was one thing that I used to be sort of nervous about, as a result of that could possibly be actually scary. [But] I did not really feel something. I keep in mind listening to Little Wayne, Miranda Lambert and Zack saved making an attempt to make me chuckle. I felt tremendous comfy.”
Cartwright additionally skilled minimal downtime, as she and Wickham went to dinner the identical night time of her remedy.
“For a few weeks, I wore actually tight compressions to assist hold every little thing the place you need it and simply to really feel good,” Cartwright says. “It will proceed to work for six months and I’ll proceed to slim over time. I’ve already seen such good outcomes. I’ll return for touch-ups; I’ll do it once more.”
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Cartwright says she at all times deliberate to do a “mommy makeover,” however she wished to have extra children with estranged husband Jax Taylor, whom she filed for divorce from in August. Amid their breakup, Cartwright shares that increasing her household is “not taking place anytime quickly.”
That does not imply she’s giving out hope. “[I’m] not saying I by no means will — who is aware of what the longer term holds? I am simply having fun with this time, making an attempt to get my sparkle again and making an attempt to really feel like myself once more. AirSculpt gave me an immediate confidence increase.”
After feeling like she’d gotten worn down “again and again” in her marriage to Taylor, 45, Cartwright says present process AirSculpt made her really feel “approach higher.”
“Lots of people do not realize how vital one thing like that is for anyone like me,” she continues. “I feel everyone might see that I did not really feel like I had any confidence final season. And I simply really feel like I really feel so a lot better in my garments now. I really feel extra like myself. I am loads happier. I am placing myself first and I positively really feel much more assured throughout.”