The Reasons Behind the Trending of Facial Plastic Surgery in Saudi Arabia

Volume 1 - Issue 4

Almuhaya Reham¹*, Alarfaj Ahmed², Alturki Lulwah³, Layan al Tawil³, Areej Alrajeh³ and Alkarzae Mohammed⁴

Received:February 05, 2019;   Published: February 19, 2019

DOI: 10.32474/SJO.2019.01.000121

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Abstract

Background: Nowadays, the demand of plastic surgery has dramatically increased According to the American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS), nearly 17 million cosmetic producers were performed in 2016 and 58% has increased cosmetic surgery from 2012-2016 for both men and women. Media influences, medical advancements and patients’ characteristics have a role in the recent upsurge of cosmetic surgery.

Objectives:

a) To find reasons for encouraging the patient to go for facial plastic surgery.

b) To asses Factors that motivate people towards plastic surgery.

c) To study the association between body dysmorphic disorder in people attending a facial plastic clinic and the desire to do an intervention.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Settings: conducted in a facial plastic clinic in King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between, January to March 2018. A validated and standard electronic and paper-based questionnaire was sent to a total of 399 participants who are attending cosmetic clinics.

Methods: All 18 years of age and older who attended the facial plastic clinic for a procedure, male and female, from January to March 2018 were included.

Sample Size: A total of 399 cosmetic surgery patients participated in this study.

Results: The most common cosmetic intervention was Botox injection (41%), and the most common facial plastic procedure was rhinoplasty (59%). As reasons, our participants thought that what makes the facial plastic intervention trending in our population are because of social media influencers and celebrities (72.2%). In our population, there was no association between body dysmorphic disorder and the trending of facial plastic surgery.

Conclusion: The social media and celebrities have a significant rule in trending facial plastic procedure in our region. However, there was no association between taken selfies and the desire to go for plastic intervention.

Limitations: Involving one center in one region.

Keywords Facial Plastic Surgery; Saudi Arabia; Trending, Selfies; Social Media

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