It is an unfortunate fact that preoccupations surrounding appearance are a common occurrence in the aesthetics specialty.
While it is widely recognised that aesthetic patients can become vulnerable to these complexes, a lesser discussed issue is aesthetic practitioners themselves facing challenges with their appearance.1
With a report published by BBC News on the topic in the past few weeks, Aesthetics is diving deeper into the issue to find out how the specialty feels from the inside.
Psychologist Kimberley Cairns explains that ‘appearance anxiety’ is a term used to describe a sense of unease about aspects of one’s own physical appearance, as well as how others may evaluate one’s physical appearance.2 “This apprehension is often driven by cognitive and behavioural factors and can be rooted in the early onset beliefs that can be related to unhelpful appearance assumptions,” she explains…
