It is Discernable®
It is Discernable®
Matt Wong
Cosmetic Surgery and Self Identity
1 hour 16 minutes Posted Feb 21, 2022 at 8:00 am.
Introduction of Dr Ben Buchanan and Mikko Myllymaki
Dr Gemma Sharp’s message from Monash University
Is cosmetic surgery ‘medically unnecessary’?
Psychological benefits from cosmetic surgery
Restorative surgery vs surgical enhancement
Denying the natural process of ageing
Cosmetic procedures don’t save lives but change lives
Diversify the sources of your identity and value
Surgery clinics incentivised to perform more surgery
Psychologists and cosmetic surgeons – enemies or colleagues?
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Surgery will not solve BDD
Perverse incentives to enable BDD
Getting surgery for someone else
Psychological assessment for surgery
Braces and orthodontics are pervasive. Why not surgery?
The cost of hair transplants
Society’s shifting standards for the ideal look
The evolution of cosmetic surgery
Is our self-identity evolving to prioritise image and projections?
Social media is a tool to fulfil a human need
How much is your self-identity based on appearance?
Victoria Beckham
Good looks matter – and confer advantages
Introverts, extroverts and their way to be socially excepted
Attractive people earn more money
Relationships with ourselves – punitive or kind?
Is “Beauty At Any Size” a destructive movement?
Fancy cars an extension of our value
Symbolic Self Completion Theory
Human brains are hopelessly biased
Shame before a cosmetic procedure, shame after the cosmetic procedure
Therapeutic value of transparency
Mikko’s message: losing hair is normal and living with it is just as ok as having restoration surgery
Dr Buchanan’s message: you are a person of value independent of what you look like
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Why do people get cosmetic surgery? Is the trend increasing? How does this inform, enhance or distort our self-identity? With a special appearance by Dr Gemma Sharp (body image expert from Monash University), we delve into the world of Body Dysmorphic Disorder and explore exactly why Matt (and millions of others) went ‘under the knife’.
In this conversation we slammed together two worlds: the founder Australia’s largest hair restoration surgery clinic – Mikko Myllymaki, and Dr Ben Buchanan – a clinical psychologist and academic who specialises in Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
With mental health experts warning against the surging popularity of cosmetic surgery, and surgeons fighting to give the people what they demand, are these two worlds at war? Or do they rely on each other in the long run?
Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/cTwzuGsfqRw
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MATT’S SURGERY
https://www.instagram.com/gro.diary.matt
DR BEN BUCHANAN
https://foundationpsychology.com.au
https://www.benbuchanan.com.au
https://twitter.com/ben_buchanan
DR GEMMA SHARP
https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/gemma-sharp
https://butterfly.org.au/chattokit
GRO CLINICS
https://groclinics.com.au
https://www.facebook.com/GroClinics
https://www.instagram.com/groclinics
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