THE HIDDEN RISKS OF COSMETIC SURGERY

Although commonplace today, the decision to undergo surgery for cosmetic surgery is not taken lightly.This quest for physical beauty, closely linked to self image and other psychological factors must also be assessed against the psychological risks .

Cosmetic Surgery: risks well-known physical

This is first of all the risks attached to the anesthesia , either local or general, required to perform any operation. But also potential problems of healing - even though some techniques used today to reduce to a minimum, the reactions of the skin are difficult to predict - or even infection.

Cosmetic surgery is also a psychological risk

In his book "The beauty tailor, Francoise Millet-Bartoli examines the psychological aspects of cosmetic surgery , and the psychological risks that exist when you chose to change his outward appearance. The first danger is to aggravate a condition that existed before the operation. If the desire to finally have a straight nose and faultless is actually a manifestation of underlying depression, the surgery will not improve the situation, and might even, by disrupting the self-perception, of aggravate the problem. Sometimes surgical patients no longer recognize themselves in their new physics, even after a minor change, the risk is that they continue to be operated on again and again, because their face "reference" has disappeared.

Questions to ask before ...

Catherine Millet-Bartoli, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, recommends a few questions to ask before deciding to go under the knife to correct a nose, chest or too tiny a face that sags slightly. First, the moment when one feels the need to make make : what the fault was it annoying so far? The need to change his physique is not it linked to other problems (work, family or other)? More importantly, even if the operation of cosmetic surgery gives the expected result, it will lead to a very high stress - the time is it appropriate for this?

Check expectations

Then, check their expectations in terms of aesthetics - too accurate, they may be disappointed, too vague or impossible (like someone else, for example) they can show that the problem lies elsewhere. If you wait for your surgery improved psychological - have more confidence in you, for example, take the time to determine exactly how your physique is causing the problem before the change.Finally, lean on the influences you face regarding the surgery . Those around you are for or against, it is interesting to find a neutral person to talk.