My postion on research on the benefits of change to a person's appearance
There is not aenough space to list summaries of all the articles but I will give you links to explore. If you do a literature search you will see a lot of work with the best intentions to support that regardless of how you look you are "good" in yourself and you can cahnge how you feel. I have no problems with this proposition, but if you have the means and there is the capabilty to affect change should you have the choice between slow psycholgical change or fater surgical change to "kick start" your inner change?
Article links
A major book on physical appearance and Gender by Linda Jackson
Quality-of-Life Outcomes after Cosmetic Surgery.
Patients' health related quality of life before and after aesthetic surgery
Reshaping the psyche. The concurrent improvement in appearance and mental state after rhinoplasty
Body Image Dissatisfaction and Body Dysmorphic Disorder in 100 Cosmetic Surgery Patients. Cosmetic
Long-term psychological sequelae of augmentation mammoplasty.
Evaluation of Past and Present Hair Replacement Techniques
Psychological characteristics of women who undergo single and multiple cosmetic surgeries.
