Research by the Medical Accident Group found that 65% of the people surveyed regretted the surgery, although 28% were very satisfied with the results. Many people who undergo plastic surgery regret it later because they are not satisfied with how they look afterward. In some cases of addiction, people undergo more operations to correct the previous ones. Multiple operations, even when performed correctly, sometimes result in a strange and unnatural overall appearance.
Regret over the decision has become a common metric in patient-reported outcome studies in the hand surgery literature. Comparing regret after plastic surgery to regret after plastic surgery and other important life decisions is a novel approach that can provide insight into the magnitude of this problem. Medically speaking, most plastic surgeries aren't necessary, although some procedures, such as rhinoplasty and cleft palate repair, have medical benefits. Zhong et al.13 found that regret was significantly reduced when participants were satisfied with preoperative counseling.
that they had received from their plastic surgeon. This systematic review and literature review was designed to provide a framework for understanding regret after gender-affirming surgery in the context of other medically necessary elective surgeries, as well as important life decisions. The purpose of this review is to analyze existing research on breast reconstruction with the objective of improving the understanding of regret for making decisions in the field of plastic surgery and identifying effective tools to reduce its incidence after aesthetic procedures. Across the country, there are rehabilitation centers that offer therapy and support for recovering from plastic surgery addiction.
Plastic surgery addiction is a behavioral addiction that negatively affects a person's health, mental well-being, and finances. In fact, plastic surgery addiction and body dysmorphic disorder are actually concurrent because they complement each other. This doesn't mean that anyone who has undergone cosmetic surgery has a psychological problem, but in many cases body dysmorphic disorder is likely to contribute to addiction to plastic surgery. With the objective of improving preoperative information and reducing the risk of regret making a decision, Luan and collaborators18 conducted a prospective randomized controlled trial that analyzed whether decision-making aid could promote decision-making support and structured guidance for prosthetic, autologous and combined breast reconstruction surgery. Plastic surgeons can use these tools in a context of shared decision-making and ultimately increase patient satisfaction.
It's important for people to consider undergoing a procedure very carefully and to do thorough research on their surgeon or clinic. If plastic surgery doesn't properly “fix” a person's appearance, this person feels even worse about themselves and seeks more procedures, while leaving body dysmorphic disorder active and without treatment.
