Associações e diferenças entre homens e mulheres na aceitação de cirurgia plástica estética no Brasil

Abstract

108Campana ANNB et al. Associations and differences between men and women on the acceptance of cosmetic plastic surgery in BrazilAssociações e diferenças entre homens e mulheres na aceitação de cirurgia plástica estética no Brasil ABSTRACT Background: Brazil ranks third among all countries in the number of cosmetic plastic sur gery procedures performed per year. The objective of this study was to examine the re lationship between acceptance of plastic surgery and bodily satisfaction, internalization of media messages, and other psychosocial variables in a convenience sample of male and female Brazilian adults. Methods: Non-probabilistic sampling was used to select a sample (n = 198) of an equal number of men and women for voluntary participation. All participants completed 5 study instruments that collected data used to perform correlation and variance analyses at a 95% level of significance. Results: A significant association between acceptance of cosmetic plastic surgery and the variables of internalization of media messages and bodily appreciation was found in both sexes. A significant association between acceptance of cosmetic plastic surgery and life satisfaction was found only in women. Except for differences regarding the decision to undergo surgery after having considered the risks, no other differences regarding the acceptance of cosmetic plastic surgery in general were found between men and women. Conclusions: Despite the small sample examined in this study, the findings largely accord with international observations and are expected to contribute to further understanding of the demand for cosmetic plastic surgery in Brazil.Keywords: Surgery, plastic. Propaganda. Personal satisfaction. RESUMO Introdução: O Brasil é o terceiro país no mundo em número de cirurgias plásticas estéticas.O objetivo deste estudo é verificar as correlações entre a aceitação de cirurgia plástica, a satisfação com o corpo e a internalização de mensagens midiáticas e outras variáveis psicossociais em uma amostra de adultos brasileiros, de ambos os sexos. Método: A amostragem foi não-probabilística, voluntária, composta por 198 pessoas, sendo 50% mulheres, que responderam os 5 instrumentos desta pesquisa. Na análise dos dados, foram usados testes de correlação e variância, com significância de 95%. Resultados: Há correlações significantes entre aceitação de cirurgia plástica estética, internalização da mídia e apreciação corporal, em ambos os sexos. A aceitação de cirurgia plástica estética correlaciona-se com a satisfação com a vida apenas entre as mulheres. Não há diferenças entre os sexos quanto à aceitação de cirurgia plástica estética de uma forma geral, apenas especificamente quanto à decisão de se submeter a cirurgia após análise dos riscos. Conclusões: Os dados da amostra apontam convergência com observações internacionais e, apesar da amostra restrita, espera-se contribuir para a compreensão ampliada da procura de cirurgia plástica estética em nosso País.Descritores: Cirurgia plástica. Propaganda. Satisfação pessoal.

Media and Life Dissatisfaction as Predictors of Body Dissatisfaction

“…According to Campana et al (2012), these concerns with body image can cause social, occupational and recreational harm, as well as harm in other areas of the individual's functioning, thus constituting a risk factor for health. Hence, to the extent that the media presents specified types of bodies, it can drastically affect people's quality of life and increase dissatisfaction with the same.…”

“…In the study by Campana, Ferreira and Tavares (2012), undertaken with adults, it was observed that internalization of media messages regarding information on beauty was related to the acceptance of aesthetic plastic surgery, it being the case that, among women, this acceptance was associated with dissatisfaction with life. However, in order to verify dissatisfaction with life, only one question referent to this issue was used.…”

Biossegurança em centros de embelezamento: estrutura e processamento de materiais

“…It is known that physical appearance today requires a tendency to follow the aesthetic standards ascribed by society. 1 It is perceived that world and national consumption in the beauty and esthetics sector is increasingly intense, by a large part of the population of various ages and social classes, where the search for corporal beauty and good appearance has been a practice widely diffused in the spaces in which the professionals of the segment of the corporal aesthetic work. [2][3] However, these work situations represent risks to the health of workers and clients, since the direct contact with the skin increases the occupational risk of accident or incident with pathogenic microorganisms, 4 thus, procedures with sharps materials considered more traditional, related to the removal of cuticles with pliers, manicures and pedicures, among others with loss of tissue integrity, such as those of tattoo artists and piercers, can contribute to the transmission of hepatitis B and C, HIV/Aids, as well as fungal and bacterial dermatological lesions.…”

A Fragilidade da Análise Facial como Único Método de Identificação Humana

“…Um levantamento realizado pela International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery em 2009, aponta que o Brasil é o terceiro país onde mais são realizadas cirurgias plásticas no mundo, sendo superado em números absolutos apenas pelos Estados Unidos da América e pela China 21 . Dentre os cinco tipos de cirurgias eletivas mais realizadas, um deles está intimamente relacionado à face: a rinoplastia.…”