The Practicing and Attitude of Some Medical Students at Al-Nahrain College of Medicine Towards Cosmetic Rhinoplasty

Abstract

Background: Rhinoplasty in universal is connected with cosmetic surgery carried out to produce alterations in the interior and exterior components on the nose for merely cosmetics good reasons to get better look. It was common cosmetic procedures around the world because the nasal deformities effect on the psychology of the person as a negative impact on their self-confidence and social interaction with others.
Objectives: The study is an attempt to display the practicing and attitude of some medical students towards cosmetic rhinoplasty and its relation to some studied variables.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Al-Nahrain medical college, during March 2016. A total of 200 undergraduate students were given a semi constructed questionnaire .The sample selected randomly by systematic random sampling.
Results: The practicing of rhinoplasty among this sample was 10.5%. Most of them happy with their nose appearance. 56.5% of the sample see this surgery socially accepted in Iraq. There was significant relation between person undergoing rhinoplasty and presence of family history of it.
Conclusion: More than half of the medical student found cosmetic rhinoplasty is socially accepted in Iraq. Despite the majority of them had no family history of undergoing rhinoplasty but there was significant difference between doing such surgery and the presence of family history. More than two third of the students included in this study like more awareness program on cosmetic surgery.
Recommendation: Encouragement for more studies to be done for this subject, and developing an educational program to increase awareness about rhinoplasty.