what’s preventing us to get more attraction: the fear of aesthetic surgery

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leitermann mona medical school hamburg, university of applied sciences, hamburg, germany

hoffmann klaus klinik für dermatologie und allergologie der ruhr universität bochum, bochum, germany

kasten erich department of neuropsychology, medical school hamburg, hamburg, germany

چکیده

background nowadays, with the help of cosmetic surgery almost every woman and man can achieve a highly attractive appearance. the question is, why so many people do not take advantage of these opportunities? this pilot-study investigates individual attitudes of people towards aesthetic plastic surgery. methods a questionnaire was developed which combined self-developed items for a measurement of attitudes towards plastic surgery. in addition, items of the “freiburger personality inventory” (fpi-r) were used. the study was conducted in hamburg/germany. 104one hundred and four test persons participated in the survey (81 females, 23 males, age 20-30 years). eighty six of the participants (82.7%) had an a-level as degree of education, 14.4% achieved the secondary school certificate and 2.9% had completed their bachelor on a high school. results the data supported the hypothesis that people who are unsatisfied with their body appearance showed more willingness for a surgical intervention. on the other hand, fear of complications and pain as far as anxiety before an unsatisfactory result hinders them from a decision for an intervention. significant correlations with regard to extraversion-introversion and the education level were not found. females showed more willingness regarding an intervention than men. gender-specific differences concerning the cost factor were not found. conclusion interestingly more than 65% of the total sample felt dissatisfaction with a specific body part and are thus target of aesthetic surgery. the yellow press often reports about failed cosmetic surgery, especially in vip-persons. aesthetic surgery should keep working to reduce unwarranted fears of people toward these kinds of operations.

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world journal of plastic surgery

جلد ۵، شماره ۳، صفحات ۲۲۶-۲۳۵

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