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The Cognition Study of the Freshman in College About Aesthetic Plastic Surgery  

Ahn, Ki Young (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University)
Chang, Jae Hoon (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University)
Park, Dae Hwan (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University)
Shin, Im Hee (Department of Biomedical Statistics, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University)
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Archives of Plastic Surgery / v.32, no.2, 2005 , pp. 161-167 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, as standard of living has been improving and awareness of well-being has been generalized, people's desire pursuing beauty has been spreading across the world. We made a survey with 184 graduating high school girls in December 2003. According to the survey. 57.6% of them knew about plastic surgery, 41.8% of them knew well about whole field of plastic surgery, and 60.3% of them wanted to have an aesthetic surgery. 44.6% got an information about an aesthetic surgery from general public and 27.6% from TV, respectively. Regarding the use of aesthetic surgery, 59.8% answered that it makes them more confident about themselves rather than just to be beautiful. 78.8% of them have complaints about how they look. Finally, as the personal desire to make themselves look beautiful to others increases, so does the interest in aesthetic plastic surgery. In conclusion, as the society of plastic and reconstructive surgeons, we still need more effort for the correct cognition and awareness of plastic surgery among general public.
Keywords
Cognition study; Aesthetic surgery; Plastic surgery;
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