Publication date: Available online 31 January 2019
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Author(s): Abigail Waldman, Amanda Maisel, Alexandra Weil, Sanjana Iyengar, Kaitlyn Sacotte, Jake M. Lazaroff, Sasha Kurumety, Sara L. Shaunfield, Kelly A. Reynolds, Emily Poon, June K. Robinson, Murad Alam
Abstract
Background
While treatments to address cosmetic concerns are common, patients' self-reported motives for considering such procedures have not been systematically explored.
Objective
To develop a framework of categories to describe patient's self-reported motivations for undergoing minimally invasive cosmetic procedures.
Methods
Face-to-face, semi-structured patient interviews were conducted with adult participants who had received or were considering minimally invasive cosmetic dermatologic procedures. A qualitative constant comparative approach was employed to analyze interview transcripts, yielding themes and subthemes.
Results
30 interviews were completed. Most patient-reported motivations for cosmetic procedures could be subsumed under eight general categories (themes): 1) mental and emotional health, 2) cosmetic appearance, 3) physical health, 4) work/school success, 5) social well-being, 6) cost/convenience, 7) procedural perceptions, and 8) timing of treatment. Many individual motivations in these categories were unrelated to desire for physical beauty. In particular, participants wanted to avoid being self-conscious, enhance confidence, reduce time and expense required to conceal physical imperfections, and be perceived as capable at work.
Limitations
Only English-speaking patients in the U.S. were interviewed.
Conclusion
Patient-reported motivations for cosmetic procedures mostly pertained to physical and psychosocial well-being. Indeed, a desire for improved cosmetic appearance comprised only one of the 8 themes revealed through patient interviews.
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