Mental health status among the candidates for rhinoplasty: a case-control study

Mental health problems and personality disorders may influence individuals’ motivation to request cosmetic surgeries. The aim of this study was to assess mental health status and personality disorders among the candidates for rhinoplasty.

This case-control study was conducted in 2019–2020. Participants were 45 candidates for rhinoplasty and 45 individuals with no request for rhinoplasty purposefully selected from the ear nose throat clinics of Ruhani hospital, Babol, Iran. Data collection instruments were the Symptom Checklist-90 Revised (SCL-90-R) and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI). The SPSS software (v. 16.0) was employed for data analysis through the independent-sample t and the Chi-square tests at a significance level of less than 0.05.

In the case group, 28.9% of participants had at least one psychiatric symptom and 7.26% had at least one personality disorder. The prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and personality disorders in the case group was significantly more than in the control group (P < 0.05).

Compared with individuals with no request for rhinoplasty, the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and personality disorders is high among the candidates for rhinoplasty. Therefore, a preoperative mental health assessment is essential to improve post-rhinoplasty outcomes.