MASSA CORPORAL, IMAGEM CORPORAL E DESEJO POR TRATAMENTOS ESTÉTICOS NAS DIFERENTES FASES DO CICLO MENSTRUAL

Objective: analyze the body weight, body image and the desire for aesthetic treatments during the follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle. Methods: this is a prospective longitudinal clinical trial, which forty women were followed for a complete menstrual cycle and evaluated by two times: Follicular Phase and Luteal Phase, for middle of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) and the Scale Figures Silhouettes and questioned about the desire for aesthetic treatments quantified by Visual Numeric Scale (VNS), during the months of january to may 2012, in the Physical Therapy of Sao Paulo City University. Results: there was an increase in body mass (p < 0.001) and the Scale Figures Silhouettes FF for FL (p = 0.058). Conclusions: increased body mass and impaired body image, however, there was no change in body image and the desire for aesthetic treatments in the different phases of the menstrual cycle.