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Background and Aim: The women’s main purpose of cosmetic rhinoplasty is to have a nose that they think has a better harmony with their face, so they could reach to a more desirable body image. This study investigated the effects of cosmetic nose surgery on women`s body image.
Methods: Thirty women referred to the private clinics of cosmetic surgeons for nose cosmetic surgery were selected. The multidimensional body-self relations questionnaire developed by Cash (1998) was employed to measure the women`s body image. This questionnaire was filled out before and five months after rhinoplasty.
Results: Using paired t test, the analyses of the data demostrated that nose cosmetic rhinoplasty increased the levels of women`s satisfaction of their subjective body and subjective nose images (P=0.0001 and , respectively).
Conclusion: The findings of the present study showed that cosmetic nose surgery increases the of levels of women’s satisfaction of their body image and it causes the person to have higher satisfaction of her nose and body image.

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Background and Aim: Demodex is a common mite and ectoparasite in humans and animals. The existence of Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis in human skin can have a role in some inflammatory skin diseases such as acne, rosacea, and dermatitis. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of Demodex ectoparasite in women and its possible association with skin lesions.

Methods: Fifty women with skin lesions (case group) and 50 women without skin lesions (control group) were selected and evaluated by clinical and
laboratory tests. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee and the volunteers provided written informed consent. The skin scrapings were investigated by placing in a 10% potassium hydroxide (KOH) and lactophenol solutions and were analyzed under microscope to detect the Demodex.

Results: Twenty-two out of 50 patients (with acne, rosacea, dermatitis, and eczema) had Demodex folliculorum infestation (44%). The highest levels of infestation were observed in women aged 20-30 years (22%) and the infestation of Demodex was only confirmed in 10 cases (20%) out of the 50 subjects in the control group.

Conclusion: The rate of Demodex in patients with skin lesions was much higher than healthy subjects. There was a significant association between Demodex and skin lesions (sig.=0.023, P<0.05). The authors suggest that Demodox treatment should be considered in the therapeutic strategy of some inflammatory skin diseases.

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ackground and Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of group positive psychotherapy on social competence in women candidates for cosmetic rhinoplasty in Isfahan city.

Methods: The research design was a semi-experimental
pre-test-posttest, controlled study and available sampling method was used. From all women refered to relavant centers for cosmetic rhinoplasty in the third quarter (October, November and December) of 2018, 50 participants were selected. After filling social adequacy questionnaire, 30 individuals who obtained the lowest score, were selected and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. Subsequently, positive group intervention was performed on the experimental group in 10 sessions of 2 hours based on the Rashid protocol (2015). Then the participants of both groups were asked to answer the questionnaire of social adequacy. Finally, the data were analyzed by SPSS-23 software in two descriptive and inferential sections.

Results: The results showed that group positive psychotherapy increased social competence on a general scale and its dimensions in women who were applicant for cosmetic surgery in the experimental group in post-test phase and these changes are statistically significant (P<0.01).

Conclusion: Positive psychotherapy can be used as an interventional and therapeutic method for women applying for rhinoplasty surgery to improve the social competence.

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Background and Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the causes of doing cosmetic surgeries in married women.

Methods: The research design was descriptive. The statistical population of the study consisted of married women who had performed cosmetic surgery. An in-depth, unstructured interview was conducted to collect information from 21 married women who were undergoing a cosmetic surgery. The data were analyzed using the foundation data (coding) method.

Results: In the present study, participants' interview analysis led to the identification of 416 primary codes, 21 subcategories, and three main categories, including individual, marital-family, and sociocultural contexts.

Conclusion: The desire for cosmetic surgery, on the one hand, has been influenced by individual factors, such as mischief, the negative image of the individual towards herself and et al. On the other hand, it has been influenced by family-marital factors such as the perception of repetition for the spouse, humiliation by the spouse and family and, also, influenced by socio-cultural factors such as the role of peers and friends and the role of media models.