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Self-esteem, and its relation to cosmetic use, and the practice of skin antiaging preventive measures among Arabic adults 2023
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Background: Globally, a significant increase in cosmetic procedures have been recorded in the
last few years. General self-esteem reflects how individuals feel about themselves and their value
compared to others. For the following reasons, we performed this survey among Arabic
communities: To determine the prevalence, types, and motivations for cosmetic use; to
investigate the cosmetics-using behavior of consumers; to evaluate the level of self-esteem
following invasive and non-invasive cosmetic procedures; and to identify contributing factors.
Methods: A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted in May 2023 on 1646 Arabic adults
aged 18 years or older residing in seven Arabic-speaking countries, using a validated selfadministrated
questionnaire.
Results: More than two-thirds of participants were aged 20–35 years; the majority of them (87.6%)
were females with a university education (74.3%), and 52.2% were single. One-fifth of the
participants (18.8%) had low self-esteem. The majority of participants use cosmetics for external
(non-invasive) use only (78.9%), 10.5% do not use any cosmetics, and 5.2% use interventional
(invasive) cosmetics. The most popular interventional (invasive) cosmetics among the
participants were Laser hair removal, contact lenses, and teeth whitening. Still, their use did not
show significant differences between their use and self-esteem (p > 0.05). Low self-esteem was
significantly higher in younger, singles, low education, and those with psychological illness.
The preventive measure practices (daily water intake > two litres, daily fruit and vegetable
consumption, caffeine intake, avoiding direct sun exposure, regular use of sunblock, skin
cleaning, and moisture) were significantly lower among those with low self-esteem compared to
their counterparts (p <0.05).
The most commonly used interventional (invasive) cosmetics were laser hair removal, contact eye
lenses, and teeth whitening, respectively, with filler, Botox, skin thread use, Skin tightening, and
fat injection. These were significantly higher among low self-esteem participants compared to
their counterparts.Conclusion: In this study, we found the usage of cosmetic procedures was prevalent (89.5 %), and
only one-fifth reported low self-esteem. The participant with average self-esteem had increased
use of external (non-invasive) cosmetics, and the steam decreased with the addition of invasive
cosmetics. In contrast, the participants with low self-esteem had reduced external (non-invasive)
use of cosmetics and increased use with invasive cosmetic procedures. Cosmetic use and selfesteem
have many determinants and are inextricably linked.
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Cosmetics Use self-esteem the cosmetics-using behavior of consumers Skin related antiaging preventive measurement