Fascination towards Cosmetic Treatments among College Students

Abstract

Cosmetic surgery is a voluntary or elective surgery that is performed on normal parts of the body with the only purpose of improving a person's appearance or removing signs of ageing. It is popular among college students, but most of the population are unaware of the risks associated with cosmetic treatment. Obsession to cosmetic treatment is because of the influence of the media and body dysmorphic disorder. This study involves college students in the age group of 18-25 years. A well structured questionnaire was prepared comprising 12 questions covering socio-demographic information, knowledge, attitude, perceptions was framed and administered to the participants through an online google forms link. Of the total participants 39.6% of them are male and 60.4% of them are female. 52.5% of people had undergone cosmetic treatment  and 47.5% of people did not undergo cosmetic treatment. 55% of people think of undergoing cosmetic treatment whereas 45% of people don't think of undergoing cosmetic treatment. It may be concluded that the level of awareness about cosmetic procedures is inadequate. With the progressive increase in the number of people who undergo cosmetic treatments, there is a need in understanding the requirement, assessing the risks of cosmetic procedures both surgical and nonsurgical by the college students.