An Epidemiological Study of the Reasons for Tendency to Undergo Rhinoplasty in Tehran

Goal: The rate of plastic surgery in Iran relative to it’s population is one of the highest in the world،knowing the psychcosocial factors that effect this kind of surgery on the people and also why people decide to under go such a procedure is of great importance، this research was conducted to study the causes of people’s tendency to undergo rhinoplasty in Tehran between years2011-2012. this study was a cross sectional study which all of 16-50 years old Tehran resident who wants rhinoplasty between years 2011 and 2012 had constitute its study population. After listing all hospitals and surgical centers in which surgery was performed،research location was randomly selected. Overall 800 patients during 8 months had been entered into the study. Data collection instrument in this study was questionnaire which it’s validity and reliability have been confirmed. 132 (16. 5%) of the study subjects were male and 668 (84. 5%) were female. The mean and standard deviation of age was 23. 65_+2. 87،and people between 18 -25 years old had the highest frequency. Among all parameters،self esteem and peer advices had shown a significant difference between male and female groups [p<0. 05]. Low self esteem was the most important factor in motivation for rhinoplasty among the participants in this study. Low self esteem، peer advices and social attitude toward themselves، were the most significant factors in tendency for this kind of surgery. assessment of the the motivation of the people for rhinoplasty should be done by the surgeon before rhinoplasty، in order to increases the patient’s satisfaction and at the same time reduces the direct and indirect costs of this surgery.