Earlier this month the Daily Mail ran a story on three women who had plastic surgery after they gave birth to their babies. The Mail tagged their efforts as a ‘mummy tuck’ which could be another name for what the cosmetic surgery profession likes to refer to as a mommy makeover.
The three moms that were interviewed for the article echoed concerns of most of the women out there. Women, who have to deal with a changing body and ever-changing perceptions of physical beauty.
All the signs that are usually taken as motivators for cosmetic mommy makeovers procedures were there. Breasts that swell up twice the size and then reduce to less then the original size, stomachs that have loose skin flapping and getting in the way of fitted dresses and thighs and hips that show those dreaded silver streaks called stretch marks.
For all their worry about their newborn children, I find it admirable that these women made a conscious decision to look after themselves and go in for a mommy makeover. From whatever literature I have come across on the Internet about pregnancy and its aftermath, there’s one glaring issue that always grabs my attention.
Groups who think that the mother is selfish to think of herself and have plastic surgery and groups that commend the individuality that some mothers express when they decide to have cosmetic surgery.
It’s a constant dilemma for me especially since any mommy makeovers procedure is a solitary decision, taken by a mother who knows what’s good for her and the repercussions it may have on her family.
But I’d like to know what you think. Send in your shout outs at the Plastic Surgery Institute of California on this space.
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