Warning that aesthetic practitioners with body dysmorphia could make patients look 'weird'
By Jess Warren & Frankie McCamleyAesthetic practitioners with Body Dysmorphic Disorder are at risk of negatively impacting patients, a London cosmetic medic has warned.
Dr Bhavjit Kaur agreed, however, that an aesthetic practitioner with BDD may have a different concept of what looks "normal", but added BDD was a mental illness that impacted how people perceived their own body, not other people's.The 2021 research, thought to be the first of its kind, found that aesthetic nurses had the highest rate of the disorder in a self-selected survey of 51 practitioners.
The medic, who has a degree in medicine and became a cosmetic practitioner after working at a hospital as a senior scientist, said it could create a "terrible cycle" for the patient."I don't sell happiness," he said. "I sell a medical treatment by definition, with possibly a beneficial cosmetic side effect.
Research has found up to 15% of cosmetic treatment patients and around half of plastic surgery patients have BDD.She said: "I remember thinking about my nose, not knowing about plastic surgery, but thinking 'maybe I need something on my nose'.""It's very difficult to accept that you have BDD because your brain is telling you, 'this is a problem'," she said.
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