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Mary Ruth Wright, PhD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1987;113(7):724-727.

Abstract
• Just like their female counterparts, men are increasingly turning to facial plastic surgery, but male patients bring to the surgeon an array of unexplored motivations and expectations along with unresolved emotional conflicts. These feelings of ambivalence, emotional instability, and sometimes even hostility toward the surgeon make the male aesthetic patient more of a psychological risk than the female aesthetic patient. This article focuses on how the surgeon can recognize and control the male patient's emotional disturbances and, consequently, better serve his patient and protect himself.

(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1987;113:724-727)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 20, 1987.

Read at the fall meeting of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, San Antonio, Tex, Sept 13, 1986.

Reprint requests to Hermann Professional Building, 6410 Fannin, Suite 633, Houston, TX 77030 (Dr Wright).

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