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The Dark Side of ‘Just Getting a Little Work Done,’ According to New Research

Women with body dissatisfaction and compulsive social media habits showed the highest risk for addictive cosmetic procedure use.

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Getting a little work done has never been easier, cheaper, or more socially normalized. A new study suggests the answer to “what’s the harm?” is a bit more complicated than people assume.

Research published in the Journal of Health Psychology by a team at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Center for Addiction and Mental Health found that among women who had undergone cosmetic procedures, 1 in 5 showed signs of moderate-to-severe risk for addictive use over their lifetime. Across the full sample of 1,614 women, the past-year risk rate came in at 6.8%, higher than Israeli figures for gambling addiction (2.6%) and gaming addiction........

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