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KMID : 0607519990070010003
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Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
1999 Volume.7 No. 1 p.3 ~ p.9
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Psychosomatic Approach to Plastic Surgery
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Hwang Kun
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Abstract
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Abnormal external appearance may cause psychiatric trauma or problem in social adaption. The plastic surgeons should consider the patient’s quality of life, and their roles are correcting psychiatric and emotional trauma as well as external appearance which help the patient adapting social life. Because the patients in plastic surgery have higher level of expectation for the result of their operation, it is necessary for the surgeons to explain precisely the procedure and possible complications precisely at preoperative meeting and to maintain the good doctor-patient relationship at postoperative follow-up period. In case if the patient dissatisfy the postoperative result, it is recommended to listen
the second opinion from another plastic surgeon. If the patient still dissatisfy, then the patient should be consulted to psychiatrist.
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KEYWORD
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Plastic surgery, Doctor-patient relationship, Psychiatrist,
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