Comparison of opinions on invasive and noninvasive esthetic procedures between Croatian and French population

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Usporedba stavova o invazivnim i neinvazivnim estetskim postupcima između hrvatske i francuske populacije
• Author: Caroline France Virginie Vaslon
• Mentor: Davor Mijatović (mentor)
• Committee member: Darko Marčinko (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Tomislav Meštrović (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Davor Mijatović (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; (Department of Surgery); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2018-07-13, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Clinical Medical Sciences; Surgery

Abstract

In modern society, the obsession with a young and beautiful appearance has become ordinary and has resulted in an upswing in cosmetic procedures trying to reverse the aging process. During these last few years, the evolution on this topic has expanded and the requirement of the patient for interventions increased exponentially. Different techniques were developed in order to meet the growing demand. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore, in the general population, the opinions on invasive and non-invasive esthetic procedures, how many people already had an esthetic procedure done, how many wanted to have one and which procedure was the most popular. We compared these results between a sample of Croatian and French population. The data of 360 Croatians and 360 French, over the age of 18 years, without any pre-selection were included in the study. The study was done over a 4 month period during the year 2018. Results show a significant trend in invasive surgical procedures in the French and Croatian population with preponderance for rhinoplasty. It was found that in the Croatian population, the most common esthetic procedures in the population included rhinoplasty (33,3%), breast surgery (17,8%) and hyaluronic acid injections (17,8%). In the French population, the majority had rhinoplasty (45,6%) and Botox injections (24,4%). However, we can conclude that most of the procedures desired by both populations are non-invasive. Croatians mostly want hyaluronic acid injections (30,6%) and French population mostly will prefer Hyaluronic acid injections (46,2%) and Botox injections (35,6%). Nevertheless, the rhinoplasty (26,4%) stay a preponderant invasive surgery wanted by the Croatian population. We can conclude that the French population is more prone to use non-invasive esthetic procedures compared to the Croatian population even if the Croatian population start going the same way, they still have a strong desire for rhinoplasty. This study is still conducted to be able to recruit a bigger sample to be more significant.

Abstract (croatian)

U suvremenom društvu, opsesija mladim i lijepim izgledom postala je uobičajena i rezultirala je povećanjem kozmetičkih postupaka koji pokušavaju preokrenuti proces starenja. Tijekom proteklih nekoliko godina evolucija na ovoj domeni je povećana i potreba pacijenta za intervencijama povećala se eksponencijalno. Da bi se to postiglo razvijene su različite invazivne i neinvazivne tehnike. Svrha ove prospektivne studije bila je istražiti koliko je ljudi u općoj populaciji već napravilo esteski postupak, koliko ih je željelo imati, a koji je najpopularniji i usporediti te rezultate između hrvatske i francuske populacije. U istraživanje su uključeni podaci od 360 Hrvata i 360 Francuza, starijih od 18 godina bez prethodnog odabira. Studija je provedena tijekom 4 mjeseca tijekom 2018. godine. Invazivni postupci su prevladavali u hrvatskom i francuskom stanovništvu, a na prvommjestu je bila rinoplastika. U hrvatskoj populaciji najčešće se radilo o rinoplastici (33,3%), operaciji dojki (17,8 %), aplikaciji hijaluronskih punila (17,8 %). U francuskoj populaciji dominirali su rinoplastika (45,6 %) i injekcije Botoxa (24,4 %). Međutim, možemo procijeniti da je većina postupaka koje žele obje populacije neinvazivna. Hrvati uglavnom žele injekcije hijaluronske kiseline (30,6%) i rinoplastiku (26,4%), dok će francuska populacija uglavnom preferirati injekcije hijaluronske kiseline (46,2%) i Botox injekcije (35,6%). Možemo zaključiti da će u budućnosti francusko stanovništvo biti sklonije koristiti neinvazivne metode plastične kirurgije u odnosu na hrvatsko stanovništvo. U hrvatskoj populaciji najčešće planirani i željeni zahvat je rinoplastika. Ovo je rezultat pilot projekta, a studija se nastavlja provoditi.

• Keywords: aging; cosmetic procedures; cross-sectional study; Croatian population; French population; invasive procedures; non-invasive procedures; rhinoplasty; hyaluronic acid injections; botox injections
• Keywords (croatian): starenje; kozmetički postupci; istraživanje poprečnog presjeka; hrvatsko stanovništvo; francusko stanovništvo; invazivne procedure; neinvazivne procedure; rinoplastika; injekcije hijaluronske kiseline; botox injekcije
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:283919
• Study programme: Title: Medicine (in English language); Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica medicine (doktor/doktorica medicine)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2019-04-23 11:03:54