Quality of Life After Abdominoplasty in Women After Bariatric Surgery

Abstract

(1) The current operation corresponded to the expectations of the patients with few complications and favorable body contouring result. (2) Quality of life, quantified by means of adaptation and social adjustment scores, was adequate in most circumstances. (3) Outstanding responses for social/cultural performance were registered with encouraging findings for affectivity/personal relations, productivity, and organic/somatic health as well.

Identity transformation and a changed lifestyle following dramatic weight loss and body-contouring surgery: An exploratory study

“…This finding coheres with Migliori et al, (2006), Cintra et al, (2008), andLazar et al, (2009) and Van der Beek et al, (2010). Not surprisingly, feeling better and portraying a greater sense of well-being means eliciting more positive responses from others; our findings suggest that body contouring surgery can create psychological happiness and improve recipients' lives.…”

Cirurgia do contorno corporal no paciente após perda ponderal maciça: experiência de três anos em hospital público secundário

“…Diversas estudos relatam maior frequência de psico-patologias neste grupo de pacientes, incluindo depressão, fobia social, ansiedade generalizada, desordem obsessivacompulsiva, justificando a importância da abordagem multidiscipinar com equipe de psicólogos 58,59 . Contudo, também se relata melhora na qualidade de vida e auto-imagem após o tratamento que inclui as cirurgias plásticas 60 . Um grande empecilho aos resultados ideais neste grupo de pacientes é a constatação clínica da má qualidade cutânea, que após alguns meses de pós-operatório exibe flacidez residual desconcertante para o paciente e o cirurgião 35 .…”

Shame and self-acceptance in continued flux: Qualitative study of the embodied experience of significant weight loss and removal of resultant excess skin by plastic surgery

“…Previous researchers in this field suggest that the tendency to seek further plastic surgery after the initial procedure was due to participants' happiness with the service they received (Cintra et al, 2008), their initial procedure 'intensifying' their desire for plastic surgery (Stuerz, et al, (2008) and their initial procedure triggering dissatisfaction with other areas of their bodies (Song et al, 2006). The findings from this analysis suggest that participants' continual desire for more surgery might be born out of continued disappointment as a result of particular needs not being met by the surgery, and the continued hope that it will be the next procedure that enables the psychosocial shifts they have been hoping for.…”