For those of you that may have missed it, my story about post-baby plastic surgery in Thailand was published yesterday in the Sunday Life magazine of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. I've had some really interesting reader feedback already and for those of you who may have read the story, I'd be grateful for your thoughts as well.
Showing posts with label mummy makeover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mummy makeover. Show all posts
Sunday Life magazine: Mummy makeovers
For those of you that may have missed it, my story about post-baby plastic surgery in Thailand was published yesterday in the Sunday Life magazine of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. I've had some really interesting reader feedback already and for those of you who may have read the story, I'd be grateful for your thoughts as well.
Mummy makeover story
Looks like I'm writing a story about post-baby plastic surgery holidays for one of the Melbourne weekend magazines. So. If you you or anyone you know has had a mummy makeover (or is thinking about it) or gone overseas to have a bit of a post-baby nip and tuck, please email me.
Mummy makeovers allegedly 'safe'
A new study reviewing the safety of plastic surgery following pregnancy confirms "women who choose a mommy makeover do not appear to be at any additional risk of complications compared to those women who have one surgery, like a tummy tuck in Los Angeles, and then down the road elect to have a cosmetic breast procedure."
Oh did I mention that the surgeon who performed the study, Grant Stevens, founded Marina Plastic Surgery in Los Angeles? The study is based on procedures done at this surgical centre over the last 10 years. This is the same doctor that tells women that they should 'embrace the feeling of a being a woman' by having a mummy makeover.
Sources: www.amommymakeover.com
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1175234.htm
Oh did I mention that the surgeon who performed the study, Grant Stevens, founded Marina Plastic Surgery in Los Angeles? The study is based on procedures done at this surgical centre over the last 10 years. This is the same doctor that tells women that they should 'embrace the feeling of a being a woman' by having a mummy makeover.
Sources: www.amommymakeover.com
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1175234.htm
Making more beautiful mothers with a nip and tuck
Well, I have seen the future and it is not good.
A new children's book has been written by a plastic surgeon in order to explain why 'mommy' will be more beautiful when she has a tummy tuck...and it's being released on Mother's Day.
"My Beautiful Mommy" is aimed at kids ages four to seven and features a plastic surgeon named Dr. Michael (a musclebound superhero type) and a girl whose mother gets a tummy tuck, a nose job and breast implants. Before her surgery the mom explains that she is getting a smaller tummy: "You see, as I got older, my body stretched and I couldn't fit into my clothes anymore. Dr. Michael is going to help fix that and make me feel better." Mom comes home looking like a slightly bruised Barbie doll with demure bandages on her nose and around her waist."
So 'mommy' recovers easily, with no complications and is 'more beautiful' after all of her fat has been sucked away. Excellent message to send to young children.
Seriously? No, really. SERIOUSLY?! I have no words.
Celebrating body hatred: The 'Mummy Makeover'
A recent survey in Britain among new mothers found that one in four was considering cosmetic surgery to restore their pre-pregnancy figure. Three-quarters said they were shocked by the effect of pregnancy on their bodies, and almost all said they were repelled when they saw their stretch marks, flabby stomachs and sagging breasts. Well, folks. Hating your post-baby body has official gone transnational. Thanks to the 'Mummy Makeover' cosmetic surgery packages (liposuction, tummy tuck, breast augmentation) sweeping the US and Australia, British women are hopping on the nip/tuck bandwagon.
I find it extremely discomfiting that cosmetic surgery procedures are treated as mundane or routine as a manicure or hair cut. As Jennifer Cognard-Black argues in Ms Magazine, 'choice' is often used in reference to women and cosmetic surgery as a way of sidetracking the more significant underlying issues.
"The word "choice" obviously plays on reproductive-rights connotations, so that consumers will trust that they are maintaining autonomy over their bodies. Yet one choice goes completely unmentioned: The choice not to consider cosmetic surgery at all."
Sure, having a 'flabby' belly post-baby is no walk in the park and who can blame women for feeling as though their self-image has taken a huge hit?! But, since when is it okay to tell women that they should pay alot of money to have the fat sucked out of their thighs just because they gave birth?
Recent media stories suggesting plastic surgery and 'Mummy Makeovers' are the new feminist aesthetic is more problematic than perhaps I'm willing to discuss. In light of the plethora of makeover shows, the constant barrage of celebrity body 'enhancement' stories in the tabloids, and the thriving weight loss industry in America it is no wonder that new mums think that if they only lose a few extra kilos or just get their thighs a bit thinner or have perkier breasts, they will be happy. In my opinion, the 'Mummy Makeover' is the latest capitalist salve for antenatal depression that often goes undiagnosed during pregnancy and continues postnatally. Losing weight and looking good don't go very far if you still have a baby that wont stop crying or a husband that can't seem to do his share. Cosmetic surgery for women has become normalised. It is NOT 'normal' to cut up your body. The desire for homogeneity, for all women to look the same, slim hips, smooth skin and no 'fat', is a blatant attempt to de-individualise women and we should all be angry and not complicit.
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