It was aimed to examine the effect of mesotherapy on social appearance anxiety and self-esteem in women. The study, which is a cross-sectional, prospective pre-test and post-test type, was conducted between May 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. It was carried out at the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health Health Sciences University Mehmet Akif Inan Training and Research Hospital Traditional and Complementary Medicine (TCM) Practices Unit. A total of 59 women who applied to GETAT unit to have mesotherapy application, had mesotherapy application and participated in the study voluntarily were included in the study. Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale's Self-Worth (RSES-SW) sub-dimension were used in the control session (first month) before and after mesotherapy application in this research. It was used number, percentage, mean, standard deviation for descriptive statistics; Paired Sample t-Test was used to analyze the difference between the scale mean scores between two dependent groups. The relationship between the scale mean scores was determined by spearman correlation analysis. 84.7% of the women had skin mesotherapy and 15.3% had hair mesotherapy. It was determined that women had mesotherapy most frequently due to wrinkles (39.0%), dark circles under the eyes (20.3%) and hair loss (15.3%). The mean SAAS score of women before application of mesotherapy was 37.0±13.2, and 30.6±9.2 after application, and a significant difference was determined between the mean SAAS scores before and after application (Z=-4.54, p<0.01). The mean RSES-SW score of women before application of mesotherapy was 0.88±0.58, and 0.70±0.45 after application, and a significant difference was found between the mean scores of RSES-SW before and after application (Z= -2.37, p=0.01). A positive correlation was determined between women's SAAS mean score and RSES-SW mean score both before and after mesotherapy (before mesotherapy r= 0.34, p<0.01; after mesotherapy r= 0.32, p=0.01). It was determined that mesotherapy application decreased social appearance anxiety and increased self-esteem in women; it was determined that as social appearance anxiety decreased self-esteem increased after mesotherapy. ORCID NO: 0000-0003-1105-9991
Anahtar Kelimeler: Woman, Mesotherapy, Social Appearance Anxiety, Self-Esteem
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