Increased syndrome: when cosmetology turns into a “disease”

Where is the border between independent and loss of a sense of reality

Modern cosmetology is primarily about the health of the skin, the quality of life and, importantly, confidence. But there is also the “reverse side of the coin”: more and more often patients with dozens of procedures, loss of natural facial expressions and dependence on the injection appears in the shoulder.

“Increase syndrome” is an unofficial term, but it is extremely accurate to describe what is happening with part of the patients (and even some experts!) In aesthetic medicine.

What is proximity?

This is a state when the patient loses his critical perception of his appearance and requires new and new procedures, even if there are no objective indications.

They can come every 2 weeks to “renew your lip”, “renew the cheeks”, “for the plow of Botox”, although from an aesthetic point of view, to intervene anywhere.

Typical signs of an inserted patient:

The obsessive desire to “improve” the face, even if everything is in order.

Excessive fixation on selfies and filters, where a person no longer sees his reality.

A trip in a circle from one cosmetologist to another, in search of someone, who “does everything as I want.”

Disappointment and anxiety in the refusal of the procedure or insufficiently noticeable result.

The inability to stop, even with visible aesthetic disorders.

At risk:

– patients with perfectionism;

– people with anxious disorders;

– women after sharp changes in life (divorce, weight loss, age crisis);

– Tiktok and Instagram standards were focused on “filtered standards”.

Sometimes the experts themselves are in danger. Cosmetologists who “roll a little every month” often lose their tests and begin to transfer them to their patients.

Why is it dangerous?

Physiologically: Regular injections without the need for injuries, swelling, fibrosis, microcirculation disorders, tissue stretching.

Aesthetically: The face loses naturalness, facial expressions, proportions – curved faces immediately fall into the eyes.

Psychologically: There is a deformation of health. A person begins to believe that without the procedures he is “no”, “not worthy”, “old”.

The role of the doctor in this process

In this case, the doctor is not just a performer, he must be a filter that can say “stop” when the patient sees the limit.

Sometimes a refusal is the best service that can be provided to the patient.

A competent specialist will explain why you do not need to pay now, when to wait; Provides an alternative: psychotherapy, work with bodily perception, a change in perspective.

How to return to reality?

• Look at your photos and after filters.
• Ask the opinion of an unfriendly person.
• Change the focus: make the body, hair, health, sport.
• Take the idea that a natural face is not an old one, but a person.

The main thing is to trust a qualified specialist, and not at home “cosmetologists” without education, understanding of human anatomy and elementary taste.

We summarize

Cosmetology should make a person more harmonious, and not dependent.

Injections are not a marathon for endurance. This is a tool that you need to use, consciously and understand the consequences.

The doctor must protect the patient’s face and psyche. Sometimes the best solution is to do nothing.

Be healthy, beautiful and happy!