A survey conducted by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery in 2021 reveals that over 1.4 million procedures were performed in Brazil.
How many times have we used appearance-changing filters to appear in videos on social networks, such as Instagram? Various, right? Under the guise of “I woke up with dark circles” or “I’m not having a good day” some people even become addicted to filters that change their appearance.
Physiotherapist Karina Rissi, 37, underwent botox in early 2022 and reveals that the motivation to perform the procedure came from the photos she took and the video calls she had to do at her job.
“You talk and you create a lot of expression lines, a lot of wrinkles and that bothered me. It made the image look tired and I wasn’t even tired. Physiotherapist.
For having been very vain and observing herself in a video call, Karina Rissi says that in addition to these reasons, the work was also linked to this. Although she is a physiotherapist, her specialty is aesthetics and, according to her, her appearance is her “calling card”.
“I see my image and my patient can use me as a reference. From that moment on, I can no longer observe myself. Seeing myself in the image has caused me a lot of discomfort. Also, the factor that time passes, the mirror screams and the law of gravity works for everyone, “he says.
Psychologist Ana Gabriela Andriani believes that people have started using more videos during the pandemic and that this ends up leading to the search for cosmetic procedures.
“People were faced with their own image, perhaps they weren’t always looking at their own image before. When they observe themselves, people often begin to see what they see as minor flaws and consider aesthetic procedures,” he says.
A study conducted by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery revealed that the number of cosmetic procedures has increased and that “thanks” to the Zoom effect, where 79% of respondents reported that patients seek procedures to improve the I wait in video calls.
Research conducted by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (Isaps) and the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery, in 2021, reported that more than 1.4 million procedures were performed in Brazil alone. Then there are the United States and Mexico.
“The number of plastic surgeries is increasing and above all the number of these cosmetic operations on the face”, explains Dr. Wendell Uguetto, plastic surgeon at the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery and Albert Einstein Hospital.
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In addition to botox, which needs maintenance, the physiotherapist reveals that she is considering performing other procedures, such as rhinoplasty, lipo and mastopexy.
As for using filters on Instagram, Karina says she likes to use effects that enhance her appearance. Plus, she still says that social media has somehow influenced her to seek the procedure.
“I like the effect the filters create. And when I see people trying procedures and improving their appearance, somehow, it ends up instigating,” he says.
The doctor. Wandemberg, a surgeon and member of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery (SBCP), explains that social networks can really spur the search for cosmetic procedures and that it is possible to associate it with the pandemic, which was the time when people stayed home and had to attend many online meetings.
“The social network can stimulate this [busca por procedimentos] through models of people, for example, influencers who have a high number of followers and is synonymous with success. And most of the time, success is going well. We also associate it with the fact of the pandemic, when people needed to have more online meetings and, as a result, spent more time examining each other, “he says.
Psychologist Ana Gabriela Andriani explains that there are both emotional and social causes for this increased search for aesthetic procedures.
“We live in an age where there is an overestimation of the image and the body, there is an intense preoccupation with having the perfect body and an intense confrontation with other things. This causes a false feeling that the problem is with us, “he says.
The psychologist also explains that there is a danger in dealing with one’s body in this way, without accepting blame and blame. “We call it body dysmorphia, where the person starts to have a distorted view of themselves and that person gets extremely frustrated, and ashamed of their body, the person starts to isolate themselves,” he says.
Ana Gabriela says that the great challenge is in every person and that it is important to accept “the powers, defects and imperfections of our body” to live well. “The body is part of who we are, and although it is familiar to us, it is also strange. When we look at what we don’t like, the flaws, we relate with a certain strangeness,” she says.
“This is the big challenge: integrating imperfections into our psyche. In the case of performing an aesthetic procedure, it is important that the person is very aware of what he is doing and why, so that he does not feel frustrated later on thinking that the happiness is guaranteed after the procedure and noting that, in reality, this is not quite the case, “he concludes.
Source: Terra
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