Ted against cosmetic surgery.4. DiscussionPeople in today’s world are more health conscious, and awareness of the different medical specialties is on the increase. Despite the tremendous advancements in the field of plastic surgery, there seems to be a limited knowledge among the general EPZ004777 site public and also among medical professionals regarding the spectrum of plastic surgery. As a medical specialty, plastic surgery is poorly understood by both the general public and some medical professionals as well. In this study, the level of awareness was noted to be about 94.4 . However, there are varying levels of awareness about various forms of cosmetic surgery. In a similar study done in India, 12 of participants felt that plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery are the same, and 80 felt that cosmetic surgery is a part of plastic surgery. Of the 100 participants, 83 did not know why plastic surgery is called plastic surgery, 5 felt that it is called plastic surgery because it involves use of plastic, and 4 felt that it is called plastic surgery because face looks shiny like plastic after the surgery [9]. Information about cosmetic surgery among the respondents showed that more than half (126 (59.2 )) of the respondents got their information on cosmetic surgery from television and radio. This suggests the role of mass media in educating the public and disseminating information about cosmetic surgery. In a similar study done in India, nurses got their information mainly from television or magazines, although 27 of nurses gained the information through work; medical students learned about plastic surgery from all sources, but television and magazines were the main source [9]. In the Indian study [10], 37 of them believed that plastic surgery is an expensive surgery and meant for the rich and the famous. This is similar to what was obtained among the respondents in the current study who felt that cosmetic surgery is expensive and that cities and megacities were the buy ONO-4059 environment where cosmetic surgeries are more acceptable among the high social economic class. This study reported a positive association between openness and choice of going for cosmetic surgery, although previous work has reported a similar positive association between openness and positive self-evaluations of appearance [11]. Our results showed that women were more likely than men to consider having cosmetic surgery, which is consistent with previous work in which participants were asked to rate their likelihood of having various cosmetic procedures [12?15]. As discussed elsewhere, this sex difference may reflect the greater sociocultural pressure that women experience to live up to idealized images of physical perfection [5, 6]. Although 94 of the respondents in this study were aware of cosmetic surgery, 41.8 of them believed that awareness of cosmetic surgery was low (41.8 ) while 22.1 of them considered the awareness as very low. This may mean that the respondents believed that the awareness of cosmetic surgery is low among the general public. Indeed 70 of them recommend the need to raise more awareness about cosmetic surgery in the environment. Since television and radio were the major sources through which majority of the respondents5. ConclusionThe awareness and disposition of health workers to cosmetic surgery are still low in developing countries like Nigeria. This is evidenced from the fact that the awareness and disposition among health care workers in a tertiary instit.Ted against cosmetic surgery.4. DiscussionPeople in today’s world are more health conscious, and awareness of the different medical specialties is on the increase. Despite the tremendous advancements in the field of plastic surgery, there seems to be a limited knowledge among the general public and also among medical professionals regarding the spectrum of plastic surgery. As a medical specialty, plastic surgery is poorly understood by both the general public and some medical professionals as well. In this study, the level of awareness was noted to be about 94.4 . However, there are varying levels of awareness about various forms of cosmetic surgery. In a similar study done in India, 12 of participants felt that plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery are the same, and 80 felt that cosmetic surgery is a part of plastic surgery. Of the 100 participants, 83 did not know why plastic surgery is called plastic surgery, 5 felt that it is called plastic surgery because it involves use of plastic, and 4 felt that it is called plastic surgery because face looks shiny like plastic after the surgery [9]. Information about cosmetic surgery among the respondents showed that more than half (126 (59.2 )) of the respondents got their information on cosmetic surgery from television and radio. This suggests the role of mass media in educating the public and disseminating information about cosmetic surgery. In a similar study done in India, nurses got their information mainly from television or magazines, although 27 of nurses gained the information through work; medical students learned about plastic surgery from all sources, but television and magazines were the main source [9]. In the Indian study [10], 37 of them believed that plastic surgery is an expensive surgery and meant for the rich and the famous. This is similar to what was obtained among the respondents in the current study who felt that cosmetic surgery is expensive and that cities and megacities were the environment where cosmetic surgeries are more acceptable among the high social economic class. This study reported a positive association between openness and choice of going for cosmetic surgery, although previous work has reported a similar positive association between openness and positive self-evaluations of appearance [11]. Our results showed that women were more likely than men to consider having cosmetic surgery, which is consistent with previous work in which participants were asked to rate their likelihood of having various cosmetic procedures [12?15]. As discussed elsewhere, this sex difference may reflect the greater sociocultural pressure that women experience to live up to idealized images of physical perfection [5, 6]. Although 94 of the respondents in this study were aware of cosmetic surgery, 41.8 of them believed that awareness of cosmetic surgery was low (41.8 ) while 22.1 of them considered the awareness as very low. This may mean that the respondents believed that the awareness of cosmetic surgery is low among the general public. Indeed 70 of them recommend the need to raise more awareness about cosmetic surgery in the environment. Since television and radio were the major sources through which majority of the respondents5. ConclusionThe awareness and disposition of health workers to cosmetic surgery are still low in developing countries like Nigeria. This is evidenced from the fact that the awareness and disposition among health care workers in a tertiary instit.
