Department of Psychodermatology, University of Health Sciences, Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
J Cosmet Dermatol. 2020 Apr;19(4):939-945. doi: 10.1111/jocd.13101. Epub 2019 Aug 14.
In recent years, so many people want to alter their physical appearance with the purpose of raising their social and psychological well-being and the demand for minimally invasive cosmetic procedures (MICPs) has continued to rise. Our study aims to investigate the psychological profile of people seeking cosmetic procedures.
The present observational cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 54 participants seeking cosmetic procedures (botulinum toxin injections, soft tissue filler injection, mesotherapy, platelet-rich plasma, and dermaroller treatments). Those patients were compared to the control group, who did not have any kind of cosmetic procedure (including cosmetic surgery) before and who did not want to have any of these procedures.
The research volunteers were invited to complete the demographic questionnaire (e.g., age, gender and history of procedures) as well as psychological scales. Psychological scales includes the validated and reliable The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), Automatic Thoughts Scale (ATS), and Social Adaptation Self-Evaluation Scale (SASS).
Users of MICP were mostly female (n = 46, 85%) and had some high school education or higher and showed higher scores on General Severity Index (P = .013), anxiety (P = .018), depression (P = .004), interpersonal sensitivity (P = .008) of BSI and also higher on ATS (P = .022) and lower on SASS (P = .001) scores that mean less social adaptation. There was a statistically positive correlation between age and GSI, anxiety, depression, interpersonal sensitivity, somatization scores of BSI, and negative correlations between SASS scores and age and number of past procedures.
Our study findings highlight the importance of understanding individuals' psychological symptoms who are seeking cosmetic procedures.
近年来，许多人希望通过改变外貌来提高社交和心理健康水平，因此对微创美容程序（MICP）的需求持续上升。本研究旨在探讨寻求美容手术者的心理特征。
本观察性横断面研究采用 54 名寻求美容手术（肉毒杆菌毒素注射、软组织填充注射、中胚层疗法、富血小板血浆和微针滚轮治疗）的参与者样本进行。将这些患者与对照组进行比较，对照组之前没有进行任何类型的美容手术（包括整容手术），也不想进行任何此类手术。
研究志愿者被邀请填写人口统计学问卷（例如，年龄、性别和手术史）以及心理量表。心理量表包括经过验证和可靠的Brief Symptom Inventory（BSI）、Automatic Thoughts Scale（ATS）和 Social Adaptation Self-Evaluation Scale（SASS）。
MICP 用户主要为女性（n=46，85%），接受过高中或以上教育，一般严重程度指数（P=0.013）、焦虑（P=0.018）、抑郁（P=0.004）、人际敏感（P=0.008）BSI 得分较高，ATS（P=0.022）得分较高，SASS（P=0.001）得分较低，这意味着社交适应能力较低。BSI 的一般严重程度指数、焦虑、抑郁、人际敏感、躯体化得分与年龄呈正相关，SASS 得分与年龄和既往手术次数呈负相关。
我们的研究结果强调了理解寻求美容手术者心理症状的重要性。
