As a result of “Zoom boom” not just plastic surgery, but bariatric surgery has seen a huge increase! During the pandemic, we saw the normal office setting close up and working from home became the norm. Screen time increased and an average person started to spend at least 4-5 hours a day on Zoom. It became the working culture of America for this past year.

Zoom tends to not be complementary or flattering most of the time. Especially if it focusses on a person sitting at a desk with a light background the tendency to look large is more likely.

Even important holidays like Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving went about with Zoom calls and meetings. The camera soon became an obsession and one started to experiment with the best angles, lighting and backdrops so to enhance a person’s appearance.

The emphasis on ones looks slowly became more of an awareness. As one of the famous bariatric surgeons quoted, “Constantly looking at one self on screen for hours on end, turned into a more critical analysis of one’s own self-image”. Self-image became a huge factor which finally culminated into awareness of body image.

Bariatric surgery has seen a huge surge in the past months. As one patient said.”Losing my father made me realize how short life was. It gave me the impetus to strive for a healthier lifestyle! The first thing I did was –enroll myself for a gastric sleeve surgery that I had put off so long”.

So making that big step is an important decision that can change your life as the world opens up again!