Objective To analyze the effect of psychological suggestion on wound aesthetics and negative emotion of elderly parturient women undergoing cesarean section. Methods A total of 110 elderly parturient women who underwent cesarean section in our hospital from January 2021 to April 2022 were selected as the research objects. They were divided into control group and observation group by random number table method, with 55 parturient women in each group. The control group was given routine obstetric care, and the observation group was given psychological suggestion on the basis of the control group. The incision aesthetics, self-efficacy and negative emotion were compared between the two groups. Results The excellent and good rate of wound aesthetics in the observation group was higher than that in the control group (P