These insecurities are sometimes informed by body dysmorphia which is a mental health disorder where a person is obsessively preoccupied with how they look. According to Erene Hadjiioannou, psychotherapist and spokesperson for the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), getting surgery is unlikely to get rid of body dysmorphia. “It’s natural to assume that ‘if I change my body I will feel better’ but changing one’s body might achieve these things short term,” she says. “Internally, we might still feel distressed. It is better to sensitively approach and re-frame the emotions and thoughts behind that need.”