Evaluation of Personality Perception in Men Before and After Facial Cosmetic Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Facial cosmetic surgery has previously focused on improvements in perceived physical attractiveness and youthfulness. However, human beings are judged throughout life based on many other characteristics and personal qualities that are conveyed by their faces.

Objective

To examine the association of facial cosmetic surgery in men with perceptions of attractiveness, masculinity, and personality traits.

Design, setting, and participants

Cohort study with retrospective evaluation by blinded raters of preoperative and postoperative photographs of 24 male patients who underwent facial cosmetic surgery between January 1, 2009, and January 31, 2016. A total of 6 surveys were constructed with 8 sets of photographs each (4 preoperative and 4 postoperative). Each of t

SUBMITTER: Parsa KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6624815 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature