Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Facial Cosmetic Procedure Among Females in Karbala Governorate,2022-2023

Background: The number of female cosmetic procedures performed in Iraq has increased significantly. Both surgical and non-surgical procedures are referred to as cosmetic procedures. For example, rhinoplasty, surgical face-lift, blepharoplasty and others, referred to surgical procedures. In contrast, dermal filler, Botox and other minimal invasive cosmetic procedures refer to as non-surgical procedures. this study aimed to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of facial cosmetic procedures among females in Karbala Governorate, 2022-2023. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study with 315 participants who were 18 years old and above was done in Karbala city. Two categories were used as sample sources (college students and teachers) using self-administered questionnaire. The statistical analysis was performed using (SPSS 23.0 for Windows). Significance level was considered when p-value is less than 0.05. Results: the findings indicate a higher percentage (98.7%) of the study participants have heard about facial cosmetic procedures and the main information source was the social They reported that Filler, Rhinoplasty and Botox were the main three types of facial cosmetic procedures available in Karbala city. Two thirds of the participants agreed that low self-esteem makes people to undergo facial cosmetic procedure. Personal desire was the primary source of motivation to undergone facial cosmetic   Conclusions: About (86.6%) of the participants had good knowledge and only (12.4%) of them had negative attitude whereas (76.2%) and (11.4%) had neutral and positive attitude.