Kalick S M
Ann Plast Surg. 1979 Feb;2(2):128-34.
Writings on the psychological effects of aesthetic surgery have evidenced a subtle but important difference of opinion. One viewpoint emphasizes the intrapsychic significance of surgery, while another places great weight on the surgical patient's social feedback from peers. This research was designed to determine whether aesthetic surgery, by altering a patient's appearance, can change the social perceptions and dispositions of those who encounter the patient. A controlled experiment was carried out in which subjects viewed preoperative or postoperative photographs and made a variety of judgments of those pictured. The individuals in the postoperative pictures were judged to have more desirable personalities, to be better potential marriage partners, and to have happier lives than the same individuals photographed before surgery. Since all the impressions were from photographs, actual personality was not a factor in this study. The greatly improved social reception given the individuals in the postoperative pictures is explained by the surgical improvement in their appearance. Thus, the surgeon's work should be viewed as altering not only the patient, but also the patient's social world.
关于美容手术心理影响的著述已证明了一种细微但重要的观点差异。一种观点强调手术在心理层面的重要性，而另一种观点则非常重视手术患者从同龄人那里得到的社会反馈。本研究旨在确定美容手术通过改变患者的外貌，是否能够改变那些接触该患者的人的社会认知和倾向。我们进行了一项对照实验，让受试者观看术前或术后照片，并对照片中的人做出各种判断。与手术前拍摄的同一批人相比，术后照片中的人被认为具有更令人向往的个性、更适合作为潜在的婚姻伴侣，并且生活更幸福。由于所有印象都来自照片，实际个性在本研究中并非一个因素。术后照片中的人所得到的极大改善的社会接受度，是由他们外貌上的手术改善所解释的。因此，外科医生的工作不仅应被视为改变了患者，还改变了患者的社交世界。
