The followers of the plastic surgery would often be victims of violence during childhood, according to the results of a study relayed by the Daily Mail. 81% of them have suffered physical, psychological or sexual abuse or have witnessed it. They would be more susceptible to dysmorphophobia.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin in the United States conducted a study with 100 people who had undergone one or more cosmetic surgery operations. Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire to determine whether they had experienced physical, sexual or psychological abuse during childhood.
A form of self-medication
The results of this study showed that the majority of them (81%) had been victims of child abuse. But also that these people had other health problems: irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, chronic lung disease, and high rates of suicide higher.
“Childhood trauma increases the risk of dysmorphophobia. The person is looking in the plastic surgery an attempt to become perfect, ”says University of Wisconsin plastic surgeon Dr. Mark Constantain.
Dysmorphophobia (fear of bodily dysmorphia) is a psychiatric disorder that is linked to bodily defects. This physical defect refers to a fear of having a misshapen face, for example. The significant suffering which results from it alters life in society (love, friendship, family, professional life). “Having repeated surgery is a way of self-medication”.
In the 1990s, the same questionnaire was given to 17,000 patients who had had recourse to aesthetic medicine. 67% of them gave a positive response to violence during their youth.
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