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This paper purports to study postpartum beauty care programs and to suggest the methods
of using them by examining the use of postpartum care centers by the women who have
given birth and their demand for and satisfaction with postpartum beauty care. For the
research purpose, this research distributed 623 questionnaires to the women who gave birth to
a baby less than 6 months ago. A total of 419 questionnaires were collected and among them,
256 copies were used for statistical processing. The research results are as per the below:
1. 70.3% of the respondents had natural childbirth and 75.8% of them had the first
childbirth. 40.2% of them had 10～15kg weight increase through the pregnancy and 80.9%
of them had a spouse and a child as their family members. 2. In relation to the reasons why the respondents have given birth use a postpartum care center, 41.0% of them replied that they wanted to receive professional postpartum care and 44.5% replied that they considered facilities and environment when choosing a postpartum care center. 3. When it has been a month after childbirth, general massage for edema(p<0.01), abdominal massage(p<0.001), and figure correction were demanded most(p<0.05). In the case of natural childbirth, satisfaction with abdominal massage was higher(p<0.05). Those who had the first childbirth wanted to have foot massage(p<0.05), general massage for edema(p<0.05), and abdominal massage(p<0.01) most. The participants having over 20kg weight increase while they were pregnant demanded the obesity-preventive menus least, and the participants having a spouse and a child as their family members demanded general massage for edema most(p<0.05).Generalizing the results described above, it is thought necessary to plan a custom-made program on the basis of the childbirth-related characteristics of the women in childbed, to meet with their demand for health and beauty, and further, to prove its effects.