With no consensus document or guideline to help us compute the psychological make-up of rhinoplasty candidates and in the light of new perspectives of some key opinion leaders in the field of patient selection, the goals of this article are to offer a glimpse of the current literature together with the knowledge gaps, introduce some new tools for the preoperative consultation, help us identify who among our patients is at greatest risk for a poor outcome, and explain how childhood trauma can be linked to body shame and postoperative dissatisfaction.
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