School bullies are more likely to seek plastic surgery
- Perpetrators of nasty comments are more likely to undergo cosmetic surgery
- Their quest to achieve social dominance causes them to seek such procedures
- Their emotionally-scarred victims are also just as likely to go under the knife
- Victims choose to have surgery to change their appearance that was mocked
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If you know someone who has had plastic surgery, then chances are they may have been a bully at school.
Perpetrators of nasty comments, designed to knock someone’s confidence, are more likely to go under the knife, a study has found.
Their quest to achieve social dominance causes them to seek procedures to improve their appearance, scientists claim.
Their emotionally-scarred victims, traumatised by their experiences as a child, are also just as likely to go under the knife.
However, victims choose to have cosmetic operations due to their desire to change their appearance that was often mocked, experts say.
School bullies are more likely to have plastic surgery in later life to achieve social dominance
Lead author Professor Dieter Wolke, of Warwick University, also found girls were more likely to want to go under the knife.
He told MailOnline: ‘We found in our study, that everyone who was involved in bullying had a higher desire for cosmetic surgery.’
Professor Wolke added: ‘The desire for cosmetic surgery in bullied adolescents is immediate and long-lasting.
‘Being victimized by peers resulted in poor psychological functioning, which increased desire for cosmetic surgery.
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‘For bullies, cosmetic surgery may simply be another tactic to increase social status … to look good and achieve dominance.
‘Our results suggest that cosmetic surgeons should screen candidates for psychological vulnerability and history of bullying.’
Researchers used a sample group of 800 adolescents including bullies, victims, those in both categories and those unaffected.
Using questionnaires, the 11 to 16 year olds were analysed for emotional problems, levels of self-esteem and body-esteem, and their desire for plastic surgery.
Victims of bullying often also go under the knife to change their appearance if it was mocked
ARE CELEBRITIES ALSO TO BLAME?
Celebrity mothers are fueling a huge surge in ‘yummy mummy’ cosmetic surgery operations, experts claimed in February.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Victoria Beckham are just two of many A-listers who snapped straight back to their pre-baby bodies.
But after seeing their dramatic changes, rates of women going under the knife to get beach body ready have quadrupled in the past five years.
Top of the list of requests are tummy tucks and boob jobs as women become more body conscious.
New mothers are making up around half of all plastic surgery clients, according to Dr Navid Jallai, head of the department of Plastic Surgery at Imperial College, London.
Those involved in bullying in any role were more interested in going under the knife, according to the study published in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Desire was highest in victims of bullying, with 11.5 per cent expressing their desire for plastic surgery.
It was also increased in perpetrators, with 3.4 per cent of bullies stating their aspiration to have cosmetic surgery.
In comparison, less than one per cent of those who were unaffected by bullying reported such a desire.
Between 2014 and 2015, 15.9 million surgical and minimally invasive procedures were performed in the US.
Some 226,000 of those were performed in 13 to 19 year olds, figures from the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons suggest.
Rates of cosmetic surgery are similarly increasing in the UK. In total, 30,750 cosmetic operations were carried out on men and women last year.
Young people could have less of a desire for plastic surgery if mental health issues arising from bullying are addressed, according to the authors.
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