Department of Humanities, PhD School of Literary, Linguistic and Historical Studies, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", PhD School of Translational Medicine of Development and Active Aging, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy.
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2021 Dec;45(6):3078-3080. doi: 10.1007/s00266-021-02235-1. Epub 2021 Apr 2.
The way in which communication takes place has undergone significant change over the last year leading to alterations regarding the way we perceive our own personal image. Indeed, the increase in remote video interaction seems to have led to an increase in the number of requests for teleconsultations with plastic surgeons in private practice (70% in the UK and 64% in the USA), the so-called Zoom Boom. The reasons connected to this increase are still under investigation, but it is likely that patients' greater exposure to seeing their own image in online video communication for prolonged periods has highlighted what patients perceive as flaws and/or their self-image does not correspond to the same image that they see in the mirror. However, the motivations for seeking cosmetic surgery cannot be solely attributed to seeing ourselves online more frequently; the psychological impact of the pandemic (lower moods, isolation and greater concerns) may also be to blame. Therefore, the reasons patients hope to touch-up, rejuvenate, re-do or revise their "lockdown faces" need careful attention with a view to understand the extent of which the online distortion of one's own body image may be the underlying cause.Level of Evidence V "This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 ."
在过去的一年里，沟通方式发生了重大变化，这导致我们对自身形象的看法也发生了改变。事实上，远程视频互动的增加似乎导致了私人执业的整形外科医生进行远程咨询的请求数量增加（英国为 70%，美国为 64%），这就是所谓的“Zoom Boom”。导致这种增长的原因仍在调查中，但很可能是由于患者在长时间的在线视频交流中更多地暴露在自己的形象中，从而突出了患者认为的缺陷和/或他们的自我形象与他们在镜子中看到的形象不相符。然而，寻求整容手术的动机不能仅仅归因于我们更频繁地在网上看到自己；大流行带来的心理影响（情绪低落、孤立和更多的担忧）也可能是罪魁祸首。因此，患者希望修饰、焕发青春、重做或修改他们的“封锁脸”的动机需要仔细关注，以便了解自身身体形象在网上扭曲的程度可能是潜在原因。证据水平 V “本刊要求作者为每篇文章分配一个证据级别。有关这些基于证据的医学评级的完整描述，请参阅目录或在线作者指南 www.springer.com/00266 。”
