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Five-year follow-up of cosmetic rhinoplasty
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A significant decrease of anxiety and neuroticism in both postoperative evaluations and an increase on the Extroversion scale only at the 6-month follow-up showed that psychological distress persisted in most patients after the operation.About:
This article is published in Journal of Psychosomatic Research.The article was published on 1999-09-01. It has received 57 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Anxiety & Neuroticism.read more
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A Review of Psychosocial Outcomes for Patients Seeking Cosmetic Surgery
TL;DR: It is concluded that although most people appear satisfied with the outcome of cosmetic surgical procedures, some are not, and attempts should be made to screen for such individuals in cosmetic surgery settings.
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Body image and cosmetic medical treatments
TL;DR: While body image dissatisfaction may motivate the pursuit of cosmetic medical treatments, psychiatric disorders characterized by body image disturbances, such as body dysmorphic disorder and eating disorders, may be relatively common among patients.
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Body dysmorphic disorder and cosmetic surgery.
TL;DR: Because of the frequency with which persons with body dysmorphic disorder pursue cosmetic procedures, providers of cosmetic surgical and minimally invasive treatments may be able to identify and refer these patients for appropriate mental health care.
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A systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures after facial cosmetic surgery and/or nonsurgical facial rejuvenation.
Tomasz Kosowski,Colleen M. McCarthy,Patrick L. Reavey,Amie M. Scott,Edwin G. Wilkins,Stefan J. Cano,Anne F. Klassen,Nicholas Carr,Peter G. Cordeiro,Andrea L. Pusic,Andrea L. Pusic +10 more
TL;DR: A patient-reported outcome measure that represents perceptions of facial cosmetic surgery patients and satisfies accepted health measurement criteria is needed to facilitate comparison of techniques and quantification of positive effects, and aid surgeons seeking to quantify outcomes in their own practices.
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The central role of the nose in the face and the psyche: review of the nose and the psyche.
TL;DR: This review aimed to analyze how the most acknowledged experts of psychology, facial plastic surgery, and plastic surgery who have worked on the psychological outcome for rhinoplasty during the past century considered the nose–psyche relationship and the influence of rhinplasty at the psychological level.
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A psychological study of patients undergoing cosmetic surgery.
TL;DR: Analysis of data obtained from objective projective tests and psychological interviews indicated that patients seeking cosmetic surgery are not as psychologically disturbed as often as described, and certain disturbing personality patterns indicative of psychological risk were identified.
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Changing the Body: Psychological Effects of Plastic Surgery
John M. Goin,Marcia Kraft Goin +1 more
TL;DR: This book, written by a plastic surgeon and a psychiatrist, gives the reader a psychiatric background that can be clinically applied to the patient undergoing plastic surgery.
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Dysmorphophobia--a long-term study.
TL;DR: The differences between the two groups are significant, and show that dysmorphophobia is an ominous symptom.
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Changes in psychometric test results following cosmetic nasal operations.
G. G. Hay,B. B. Heather +1 more
TL;DR: It has frequently been argued that requests for cosmetic rhinoplasty, particularly in patients with minimal disfigurements, may be indicative of psychological disturbance, and corrective operations in these minimally disfigured patients are contra-indicated.
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Psychiatric observations concerning rhinoplasty.
Louis Linn,Irving B. Goldman +1 more
TL;DR: The following report is based upon a series of 58 patients, 49 of whom were seen in the rhinoplasty clinic of the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, to make an objective record of the preoperative psychiatric status and to note postoperative psychiatric changes.