16 Mar Laypeople Perceive Facelift To Give More Youthful, Healthier Appearance
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Lisa E. Ishii, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
John Hopkins Medicine
Dr. Ishii
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: There was a gap in our knowledge about what the average lay person thought about the impact of a facelift. We had information about what experts in the field like Dr. Swail thought, and some about what patients themselves thought, but nothing about lay people.
Patients who choose to have a facelift are typically concerned about the opinions of:
1) Themselves when they look in the mirror, and
2) Laypeople they encounter socially in society.
Our study showed for the first time that laypeople find people who have had a facelift to appear more attractive, more youthful, healthier and more successful than they were before their facelift.
MedicalResearch.com: What should readers take away from your report?
Response: That facelift as perceived by the layperson has a measurable impact on appearance. Further, prospective patients should ask their prospective surgeon if and how they are measuring the impact of their procedures.
MedicalResearch.com: What recommendations do you have for future research as a result of this study?
Response: We would like to broaden the study to further to include more patients.
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Last Updated on March 16, 2017 by Marie Benz MD FAAD