Cosmetic Surgery Screening Test
Psychological screening for cosmetic surgery clients
Surgery is both an emotional and a physical journey. Your surgeon wants you to have the best possible outcome and to be pleased at the end of your recovery. The ideal way to be prepared for cosmetic surgery is to be both at your physical and emotional best prior to surgery.
In The Feel Better Psychological services we provide psychological screening test prior to cosmetic surgery. Psychological screening helps yourself and your surgeon to make sure you are emotionally ready for surgery. Mental health conditions are common, and it is important to consider whether they are optimally managed prior to surgery. If you have a history of depression or anxiety, are your symptoms well-controlled?
Psychological screening gives clients an opportunity to explore their expectations and motivation for surgery in a non-judgmental space. You might experience an emotional roller-coaster ride including nervous excitement before surgery, relief immediately after surgery, then feeling anxious once the reality of recovery, discomfort, and inconvenience sets in. Ensuring that you are psychologically fit for surgery means that you have some emotional reserve capacity or some coping strategies to overcome this vulnerable time after surgery.
This is to reassure that psychological screening test is not pass/fail and in isolation does not decide whether you do or don’t have surgery. Overall, a psychological assessment is a helpful tool that your surgeon uses to give you the best possible chance to be happy and satisfied after having elective surgery.
Research shows us a thorough psychological assessment of clients requesting cosmetic surgery can help to protect them from the risk of post-operative dissatisfaction and the onset or aggravation of psychiatric disorders.
Even if you already have a treating psychologist, an independent psychological screening assessment is still helpful to assess your emotional fitness for surgery. Overall, a psychological assessment is a helpful tool that your surgeon uses to give you the best possible chance to be happy and satisfied after having elective surgery.
In The Feel Better Psychological services we provide psychological screening test prior to cosmetic surgery. Psychological screening helps yourself and your surgeon to make sure you are emotionally ready for surgery. Mental health conditions are common, and it is important to consider whether they are optimally managed prior to surgery. If you have a history of depression or anxiety, are your symptoms well-controlled?
Psychological screening gives clients an opportunity to explore their expectations and motivation for surgery in a non-judgmental space. You might experience an emotional roller-coaster ride including nervous excitement before surgery, relief immediately after surgery, then feeling anxious once the reality of recovery, discomfort, and inconvenience sets in. Ensuring that you are psychologically fit for surgery means that you have some emotional reserve capacity or some coping strategies to overcome this vulnerable time after surgery.
This is to reassure that psychological screening test is not pass/fail and in isolation does not decide whether you do or don’t have surgery. Overall, a psychological assessment is a helpful tool that your surgeon uses to give you the best possible chance to be happy and satisfied after having elective surgery.
Research shows us a thorough psychological assessment of clients requesting cosmetic surgery can help to protect them from the risk of post-operative dissatisfaction and the onset or aggravation of psychiatric disorders.
Even if you already have a treating psychologist, an independent psychological screening assessment is still helpful to assess your emotional fitness for surgery. Overall, a psychological assessment is a helpful tool that your surgeon uses to give you the best possible chance to be happy and satisfied after having elective surgery.