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All In The Mind · Pretty privilege, surgery stigma and the cosmetic procedure paradox · 25 Apr 2026 podcast

And if we look globally...

There are some surveys that have shown that nearly one in four people who get Botox were between the ages of 18 and 34.

This is clinical psychologist Gemma Sharp.

She's a professor of psychology at Adelaide University who's done research in the body image space.

How much do you think social media has influenced the popularity of cosmetic procedures?

So at a population level, it seems non-surgical cosmetic procedures are on the rise.

But why is that the case?

What is driving individual people to seek out these surgeries and treatments?

As you can probably imagine, the motivations are hugely varied and personal.

But Gemma says there are a few common themes that pop up.

Other reasons might include wanting to improve self-confidence or to overcome physical discomfort.

And when it comes to personality traits and cosmetic procedures, Gemma says there needs to be more research to properly understand the relationship between the two.

Do we know from research if being attractive actually does improve your life?

This is thought to be in part due to the halo effect.

The halo effect is a cognitive bias where one positive aspect of a person influences your whole picture of them.

For example, if you like someone, you might assume they are more competent at their job than they are.

That is horrifying to hear, but also like pretty validating.

And it does kind of make you go, this is the world we live in and it's rooted in our evolution.

Like, it's kind of fair enough that people would go, well, this is what I got to do.

Part of Gemma's clinical work is seeing patients before they go ahead with a cosmetic procedure.

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