Rose Kerr

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

Through this work, she comes across a lot of different reasons why someone is seeking a particular treatment.

Do you remember what he ended up deciding to do?

I just want to pause here and talk about men and cosmetic surgery, because it's a topic that doesn't come up as often as it does for women.

Although generally motivations for surgery do cross over a lot between men and women, there seems to be a difference in the way men talk about it.

And Gemma's noticed that the types of surgeries men seek out are expanding.

I imagine it's shaped by social media similarly to women.

Okay, back to Gemma's work with people seeking out cosmetic procedures.

She says overall she'd like to see more involvement of psychologists in the cosmetic industry.

Currently in Australia, registered health professionals that perform non-surgical cosmetic procedures are required to assess their patients' mental health.

Body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD, is a mental health condition where someone has a fixation on an aspect of their appearance, often believing that it's defective.

It has a significant effect on someone's day-to-day life and is often associated with anxiety, depression and even suicidal behaviour.

The reason BDD is named specifically in the guidelines for these patient assessments is because it's the most studied psychiatric illness in cosmetic settings.

And research suggests that BDD has a higher prevalence in people seeking cosmetic procedures compared to the general population.

This begs the question, does surgery help people with BDD?

Gemma says we need more research to fully understand the outcomes.

But it's unclear whether someone's concerns about their appearance will be redirected to another part of the body.

Have you noticed this?

Oh, yeah.

And a massive one in my world was 11 years ago in 2015, after years of speculation, Kylie Jenner finally admitted to getting lip filler like it wasn't just really great makeup.

And despite this increased awareness and more normalization of cosmetic procedures, there is kind of still a stigma.

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