Motivations of young adults towards facial cosmetic surgery and its psychological implications

• Main Authors: Antonio, Aissa B., Escalona, Monica Louise O.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Surgery, Plastic—Psychological aspects; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5040
• Institution: De La Salle University

Filipinos, who pursued cosmetic surgery as young adults, were interviewed, in-depth, in this descriptive study. The intrinsic and the extrinsic factors of their motivation were identified. The corresponding psychological implications, positive and negative, were also explored. Fifteen respondents, w...