Cosmetic surgery patients suffer from a higher number of personality abnormalities than the general population, say researchers in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. The researchers say the disorders included obsessiveness, hypochondria and making false statements. The authors of the study evaluated the personalities of 66 rhinoplasty (nose job) candidates with the intention of determining what their rate of satisfaction with the results of the procedure would be. The researchers found that none of the rhinoplasty patients rated as "normal" under the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (a psychological analysis tool), compared with 40 percent of the control group who did.
Interestingly, rhinoplasty patients also exhibited a substantially greater rate of "negative" personality traits. Twenty-three percent were labeled "obsessive;" 20 percent rated as hypochondric; 20 percent rated as "good faking" (making false statements to bolster esteem) and 12 percent rated as "bad faking" (making statements that make your situation worse than it really is).
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Source: American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
