Background : Cosmetic interventions have been popular in the last 10 years. The results of these interventions can be affected by the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among those candidates. Which may fake the need for the intervention especially disorders which affect body image.
Aim of the study: to detect psychiatric disorders in those females who had cosmetic procedures and to investigate the relationship between it and degree of satisfaction of results of the intervention and even avoid more unnecessary non satisfying interventios .
Methods and Results: In this comparative cross-sectional study, eighty three females (83 females) that undergone minor cosmetic procedures attending to dermatology department and outpatient clinic and eighty three age matched control subjects were recruited.Psychiatric assessment was assessed according to The Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (I , II) (DSM IV) and The Body Dysmorphic Disorder Questionnaire-Dermatology Version (BDDQ-DV). The presence of psychiatric disorders was examined by SCID I , II and the degree of satisfaction of self image and the result of the procedure was assessed by semi structured questionnaire and BDDQ score. Present, Past or Family history of any trials to have cosmetic procedures was evaluated by a Semi-structured Interview. In the current study psychiatric disorders was higher in females who had cosmetic procedures when compared to controls.
Conclusion: Higher degree of psychiatric disorders in females undergone or seeking minor cosmetic procedures lead to many unnecessary procedures due to lack of self esteem or poor satisfaction of body image.