The search of close harmony as half to reach personal well-being is an important factor that motivates the patient to look a plastic surgeon. In essence, the purpose of any procedure of Plastic Surgery is to raise self-esteem of people. The surgeon must analyze the yearning of the patient, leading in consideration its aesthetic standard and the idea that this can be creating in relation to the surgery. It is in the balance between the auto-image and the longed for image that the best possibility of satisfactory result will have.

After the consultation, determines optimum surgical procedure, that requires sharpened sensibiliity on the part of the surgeon. All the questions must be clarified, not to have doubts how much what it could be offered by the surgery. Some examinations will be requested, that could be held in the Pitanguy Clinic. Other important recommendations in this period daily post-operation are: to suspend the use of some medicines (for example: natural aspirin, anti-inflammatory, remedies, as ginko biloba, arnica, among others). It is recommendable to stop to smoke for a period of 15 days.

The period of recovery is changeable, very personal. In general, the patient who submits to an aesthetic surgery must approximately program a rest of the two three weeks, that the patient will have to submit to a series of massages, lymphatic drainings and other complementary treatments, offered for the Nucleus of Health and Beauty of the Clinic Ivo Pitanguy. The patient must prevente the sun, the heat, and the practice of vigorous physical exercises.