Body Images of the rhinoplasty definitive candidates before surgery: Findings from a case-control study and based-gender

Introduction: It seems rhinoplasty candidates have poorer body image and this can affect their decision to proceed with surgery. Aim: Present study assessed the body images of rhinoplasty candidates and control groups before surgery, according to sex them. Method: This research was a case-control study in which 136 rhinoplasty applicants and 136 control subjects in Amir-Al-Momenin hospital/Rasht were chosen as available sampling and by Multi-dimensional self-body relationships questionnaire (MBSRQ) were studied. Data were analyzed by using multi-variable co-variance analysis (MANCOVA) in the form of 2×2 factorial. Results: The main effect of group factor showed that in comparison with control group, rhinoplasty candidates have significantly higher scores mean in ‌ tendency to fitness and lower scores mean in satisfaction with body areas (P<0.05); In the meantime, main effect of gender factor was not the significant in any of aspects of body image. But, group × gender interaction effect showed that rhinoplasty candidate men have lowest satisfaction with body areas (P<0.05). Conclusion: Higher tendency rhinoplasty candidates to fitness and low satisfaction them of your body areas, especially the nose can push them to do the surgery. Therefore, monitoring, evaluation and psychological intervention to patients before surgery to improve the body image is recommended.