CAN WE RELATE SURGERIES WITH SEASONS?
As I check the articles I wrote on Vox in my archive, I see how big and important a source of information they are. This shows that Voxaesthetic is a reliable source of information in terms of aesthetic and beauty concepts. It makes me proud, it makes me happy, and it provides reliable answers to the questions.
What I want to mention today is the relationship between surgeries and seasons.
There is no clear relationship between surgical procedures and seasons, but what is the seasonal thing that is related to surgeries?
The Sun!
As plastic surgeons, you can perform any surgery in any season, but only if you regulate your relationship with the sun after the procedure. If you do this, aesthetic surgeries can be performed in all seasons.
Let’s clarify this matter with some examples.
Let’s say, I have planned a mammoplasty procedure for you. The mammoplasty marks will be under the bikini, so you can have this surgery in summer or winter and keep going on holidays. But you should not sunbathe topless or tan by entering the solarium naked.
Or let’s say I have performed a blepharoplasty and a facelift. After the procedure, you should not expose your face to sun, especially without sun protection (50 factors).
Or let’s say I have performed a non-surgical facial rejuvenation procedure. Again, you should not go out in the sun unprotected and you should wear protective hats in the early first week.
Or let’s say I have performed a tummy tuck procedure. You can swim, and your tummy tuck procedure marks will be under your bikini line. But you should wear slim bikinis that expose your inguinal region or slip off your bikini and let the marks be exposed to the sun (there was an urban legend that the marks faded as you were exposed to the sun, but this is definitely wrong. On the contrary, the marks become more prominent with sun exposure.)
In the above stories, there should be a protection reflex against UV light, and that is not just because of the season. So, if a person who had surgery in the winter exposes her marks to UV light for tanning in the solarium, it will be no different from lying in the sun in the summer.
In other words, the patient’s relationship with the sun is directly proportional to her care and attention.
So, are there any procedures that do not comply with this rule? Yes, especially in peeling procedures where the skin on the face is peeled, the patient should protect her face whether it is summer or winter. But for such a procedure in the summer, it is difficult for the patient to protect her whole face for weeks, so we perform such procedures in wintertime and protect her face from the sun.
I actually tried to explain how plastic surgery works in this article. In conclusion, even if every surgery can be performed in every season, an incautious and careless surgery may overshadow the results. See you at the next Vox…
