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

Ahn, Ki Young; Chang, Jae Hoon; Park, Dae Hwan; Shin, Im Hee

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2005;32(2):161-167.
Published online March 1, 2005.

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

Ki Young Ahn, Jae Hoon Chang, Dae Hwan Park, Im Hee Shin

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Daegu Catholic University, Daegu, Korea. kyahn@cu.ac.kr
²Biomedical Statistics, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University, Daegu, Korea.

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