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Welfare and Self-Assessment in Patients after Aesthetic and Reconstructive Treatments

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In the last decade, there has been a noticeable increase in the interest in aesthetic and corrective surgery regardless of a patient’s age. Both aesthetical and practical considerations are a… Click to show full abstract

In the last decade, there has been a noticeable increase in the interest in aesthetic and corrective surgery regardless of a patient’s age. Both aesthetical and practical considerations are a motivation for patients undergoing plastic surgery. The goal of this study is to analyze dependencies between welfare, self-assessment and body self-perception in patients that qualified for plastic and aesthetic surgical procedures. The study group included 164 female patients, of whom 124 patients filled out a questionnaire before and after surgery. The questionnaire included demographic data and scales such as the Body Esteem Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale—SES, the Satisfaction with Life Scale—SWLS, the Flourishing Scale and the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience—SPANE. The first hypothesis concerned the subjective assessment of body self-perception after the procedure. The results of the study confirm this hypothesis—female patients after surgery rate their body self-perception higher, which indicates a positive influence of plastic and aesthetic surgery that increased in the subjective assessment of 66 examined patients. Moreover, the study revealed a higher self-assessment after procedures. On the other hand, the results indicated that younger patients had a higher body assessment, but there was no increase in self-assessment. Except for breast augmentation surgery, there was no influence on self-assessment and life satisfaction improvement after other surgical procedures. In patients up to 48 years old, after surgery, there was a significant dependence between subjective body self-assessment and all surveyed forms of welfare. In the case of patients after 48 year of age, there was a relationship between life satisfaction and body self-perception both before and after surgical treatment.

Keywords: surgery; self assessment; welfare self; body self; body

Journal Title: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Year Published: 2022

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