Open AccessAesthetic Delusions: An Investigation into the Role of Rapid Visual Adaptation in Aesthetic Practice
Author(s) -
Kate Goldie,
David Jian-Jia Cumming,
Daria Voropai,
Afshin Mosahebi,
Sabrina G. Fabi,
Claus-Christian Carbon
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 1178-7015
DOI - 10.2147/ccid.s305976
Subject(s) - naturalness , attractiveness , beauty , set (abstract data type) , aesthetics , psychology , adaptation (eye) , facial attractiveness , cognitive psychology , perception , face (sociological concept) , natural (archaeology) , social psychology , contrast (vision) , cognition , preference , computer science , artificial intelligence , art , linguistics , mathematics , philosophy , physics , statistics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , history , programming language
To date, the process of adaptation in the setting of aesthetic medicine has not been investigated. The combination of complex advanced feedback in the current intense social media milieu, in conjunction with easily accessible and effective aesthetic treatments, has produced pockets of overtreated patients and over-zealous practitioners. We examine whether aesthetic assessments of attractiveness and what appears natural can be distorted by the cognitive process of adaptation.