Abreu TC, Francis TO, Alessandrini GR, Macías BR, Leal E

Language: Spanish
References: 11
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ABSTRACT

A passing and situational imbalance or a real psychosis can be the cause of a mistaken determination of the patient considering plastic surgery. Personality features are occasionally structured in a pathological form developing a personality disorder, elements that underlie the attitude of the patient towards her aesthetic ideal. Men incentives compared to those in women to undergo cosmetic surgery are assorted; dismorphophobia rarely is studied or diagnosed; the annulment of corporeal image by anorexia nervosa and the designated psychosis of the body are topics that have become weighty and are closely related to urbanization, globalization, modern and neurobiochemical factors. They are very few publications on the relationship of these disorders or other factors that serve to detect groups at risk. Twenty-six Cuban patients that were requesting cosmetic surgery were studied to find out their more meaningful personality characteristics, and to identify outstanding features or personality disorders. In this study women between 56 and 65 years old prevailed, with urban abode, married and artists or with occupations in which an agreeable physical appearance was necessary. The type of surgery requested with more frequency and proposed by the surgeon was abdominoplasty. Hysterical features and hysterical personality disorders prevailed in the study and a case with dismorphophobia was detected that was seen opportunely. This study gave psychiatric follow-up to patients with situational or reactive disorders.

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