Pregnancy is a huge transformation process in terms of female psychology and physiology. It is a process that can cause deformations in the body and the disruption of hormonal balances. After the post-partum, when you take your lovely baby into your arms, you start to think about what to do with your body leftover from pregnancy. Deformation can occur in several parts of a woman’s body, but these deformations can also cause psychological harm. Regardless of the cause of your body’s enlargement, plastic surgery treatments can restore it to its previous state or a near resemblance to it. With the maternity aesthetics, it is quite possible to smoothen and retouch the body deformations.
What is Maternity Aesthetics?
Maternity aesthetics is a multidisciplinary application consisting of various operations. Several procedures, including the correction of deformations in the body during and after pregnancy, are presented in one package. All complaints such as enlarged abdomen and cracks in the abdomen during pregnancy, breast sagging that enlarges as a result of breastfeeding and occurs after breastfeeding, and lubrication in the hips are all repaired by surgical interventions.
What Is Aimed With Maternity Aesthetics?
Cooley CH: In the book Human Nature and Social Order, there is the “mirror that looks at itself” theory that defends the fact that a person is affected by what is reflected by society while renewing his self-image. In pregnancy, there is a certain period of time for the society to see the pregnant body. After this period, society has mixed opinions about the pregnant, alternating between finding cute or disliking. This mirroring can be the reason for the depression caused by the deformation in the mother’s body during and immediately after birth.
In addition to the surgical interventions performed on the abdomen and chest, the deformations that occur especially after vaginal delivery and the recovery of the vagina basically include these purposes. When the mother is sure of her physical health and appearance, she regains her self-confidence and returns to her working and social life more empowered. Surgical intervention includes a procedure that is tailored to the person after each birth, and basically the aim is to ensure that the mother has the body or closest form before birth. Women generally opt for the following cosmetic surgeries after pregnancy (percentages are approximate):
- 50%: for the removal of skin cracks
- 28%: For treatment of large abdominoplasty scars
- 37.5%: For removal of excess abdominal skin
- 25.8%: For relieving abdominal bloating
To Whom and In Which Situations Is Maternity Aesthetics Applied?
There are certain conditions for candidates who will undergo maternity aesthetic surgical operations. These conditions are:
- There must be at least 6 months between birth and operation
- Breastfeeding should be completely over.
- Depending on whether the woman is considering pregnancy again, the operation process may change.
- The woman who has given birth should not have any general or specific ailments.
- Mothers should not smoke.
What are the Types of Maternity Aesthetics and Application Techniques?
Standard applications in maternity aesthetic packages are as follows:
- Mamoplasty – Mastopexy: During pregnancy, breast enlargement and cracking of the skin can be observed, as in the growth of the abdomen. After breastfeeding, sagging can be observed in the breasts. If the cracks are too deep and enlarged, the skin deformation becomes more visible. In the procedure, many combined operations are performed, such as placing a silicone prosthesis in the chest and removing the soft tissues of the skin. The incision scar is made according to the aesthetic operation and does not completely disappear.
- Apronectomy: Abdominoplasty includes operations such as removing the fat from the abdomen and removing excess skin. Thus, the abdominal area becomes tighter.
- Liposuction: The process of removing fat from various parts of the body by means of tubes and cannulas.
- Labiaplasty: It is the process of recovering the loosened inner lips of the vagina.
Considerations Surgery and Recovery Process
The most essential point to consider before surgery is to quit your smoking habit. Smoking, which negatively affects your healing process, will also negatively affect your immune system in the post-operative period. Post-operative symptoms may occur after maternity aesthetics. It is important that you follow your doctor’s instructions, eat healthy and carry on your exercise program. You should not lift any weights, including the baby, for at least 6 months after the surgery. It is also important for your health that you do not miss the doctor’s appointments.
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