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Background and Aim: Cosmetic surgery is performed for improvement of psycho-social function in­ absence physical cues. This multidimensional concept depends on many factors such as beliefs about appearance and inferiority feeling. The purpose of this study was to compare two factors of beliefs about appearance and inferiority feeling in volunteer and non-volunteer individuals for cosmetic surgery, investigation of the relationship between these factors, and evaluations of the predictors for seeking cosmetic surgery among the participants.
Methods: In this case-control research, 50 individuals who were seeking cosmetic surgery and were admitted at cosmetic clinics in Tabriz and 50  individuals who were not seeking cosmetic surgery were asked participate.
Results: The participants were enrolled to the study using available sampling mehods. There were differences between beliefs about appearance and inferiority feeling in those sought and those did not seek cosmetic surgery. Those who sought cosmetic surgery achieved higher scores in both factors in comparison with those did not seek those procedures. It also became clear that there was a relationship between beliefs about appearance and inferiority feeling of volunteers of the cosmetic surgery: the higher were the individuals scores in beliefs about appearance, the higher was the inferiority feeling. From another perspective, it was observed that the two factors of marital status and inferiority feeling were strong predictors for tendency to the cosmetic surgery.
Conclusion: Motivation for the cosmetic surgery has its roots in a combination of cognitional, personal, and interpersonal factors therefore, psychological counseling is advised before cosmetic surgery.

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Background and Aim: The present research aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of socio-cultural attitudes towards appearance questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3). Methods: The sample of this study cross-sectional was 250 highschool students (173 girls and 77 boys) in Abarkouh, who were selected through cluster random sampling, responded to Persian version of socio-cultural attitudes towards appearance questionnaire-3. The reliability coefficients of the SATAQ-3 were calculated using internal consistency and spilt-half methods, which were 0.77 and 0.55 respectively. The construct validity of the inventory was investigated using factor analysis. Results: Factor analysis of the inventory using varimax rotation based on scree test, showed 4 factors labeled Internalization-General, Internalization-Athlete, Information and Pressures, which covered 37.61% percent of the total variance. Conclusion: In general, findings of the research confirmed appropriate validity and reliability of the Persian version of SATAQ-3 and showed that it can be simply applied in clinical and research situations for evaluation of individual’s attitude towards personal appearance affected by socio-cultural factors.

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Background and Aim: Androgenetic alopecia is a type of androgen and genetic dependent hair loss and although it is more of a beauty issue, but in recent years studies have shown that this type of alopecia is associated with underlying disorders such as coronary artery disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of androgenetic alopecia in hospitalized patients and its relationship with the history of coronary heart disease and its risk factors.

Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study, 250 patients (125 women and 125 men) admitted to Shahid Mostafa Khomeini Hospital in Tehran from October to December 2020 were examined and after examination and data collection, the data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software SPSS Statistics 25 version.

Results: The prevalence of alopecia was generally 46.8% in hospitalized patients, 61.6% in men and 32% in women. The prevalence of coronary heart disease in hospitalized patients was 25.6%, 34.4% in men and 16.8% in women. In patients with alopecia, the frequency of history of coronary heart disease was 39.31%, the history of hypertension was 20.8%, history of hyperlipidemia was 17.2%, history of diabetes was 14.4% and the smoking history was 15.6%. All of these factors were significantly associated with alopecia, except for smoking.

Conclusion: According to the results of this study, the frequency of androgenetic alopecia in patients admitted to the hospital is common and its prevalence in men is more than twice that of women. History of coronary heart disease and its risk factors in patients with alopecia are high, and have a significant relationship with it. This can be important and help in screening and early diagnosis of coronary heart disease and its subsequent prevention.