Impact of Social Media and Photo-Editing Practice on Seeking Cosmetic Dermatology Care

• DOI: 10.2147/ccid.s322859
• Publication Date: 2021-09-27T05:21:27Z
• Authors: Harshit Agrawal; Sudha Agrawal
• Keywords: self-esteem; photo-editing practice; social media users; Dermatology; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology; motivation; RL1-803; cosmetic dermatology care; Original Research

Background: The use of social media and photo-editing practice has grown enormously over the past decades. Photo editing can alter a person's desire to look better in photographs posted on platforms. Objective: To assess cosmetic dermatology seeking behavior users those who edit before posting them Methods: A validated self-administered structured questionnaire via Google form was sent 550 Nepal. It included 5 sub-headings: networking sites, practices, awareness motivation about care, care self-esteem. Results: Facebook Instagram were preferred sites for photographs. One-fourth participants edited > 40% total photos media. Hiding skin lesions most common reason (36.3%) photograph editing. Fifty percent respondents felt need better; repair damage; be able good without make up; younger; feel happier improve quality life as "lot top" using dermatological procedures. majority seek from non-dermatologists because they dermatologist visit not needed, services costly could due their busy schedule. On multivariate analysis, aware favored dermatologists. Conclusion: Higher investment practices might associated with increased non-dermatologist behavior. Keywords: motivation, practice, self-esteem,