The tabloids are full of stories about celebrities and their ever-changing surgically altered bodies. Some may do it in an attempt to lengthen their careers by decreasing the signs of ageing, or to make themselves more bookable through their looks, but it is always something that the media likes to use to fill the pages of their glossy magazines.
In recent years, the desire for cosmetic surgery has spread beyond the Hollywood bubble to become cheaper and more accessible to the general public, allowing everyday people to alter their looks and get closer to their ideal self. For many people, these will be small alterations that they will go through only once to improve how they feel about themselves. For some others, however, it is a constant process of adjusting and re-adjusting their bodies through surgical procedures due to perceived imperfections. |
Treatment Options
More plastic surgery in an attempt to reach “perfection” will not help a cosmetic surgery addict recover from their obsessive need to fix the perceived faults within their body because each new augmentation will cause them to notice another aspect of themselves that could potentially be corrected. Instead the focus must be on the mental health aspect of cosmetic surgery addiction and Body Dysmorphic Disorder, as this will help the individual get to the root of their self-perception and begin making changes to improve their relationship with their body. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is one of the first choices when it comes to treating cosmetic surgery addiction. |
ClinicsHarley Street, London
Elstree, Hertfordshire |
Telephone07545 310196
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