title: Interest in Rhinoplasty and Awareness about its Postoperative Complications Among Female high School Students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Rhinoplasty is a popular cosmetic surgical procedure. Informal statistics show that Iran has one of the highest rates of rhinoplasty in the world. However, rhinoplasty like any other surgery can have complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this cross-sectional study, 320 female students were selected by multistage cluster-stratified sampling from high schools in Kerman, Iran and each completed a questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  More than half of the students said they would like to undergo rhinoplasty. The main reasons for wanting rhinoplasty were beauty and because it is fashionable. However, more than half of the interested students did not know about the possible postoperative complications of rhinoplasty. There was no relation between interest in having rhinoplasty and parents' education, city of birth or economic status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Many teenagers are interested in having rhinoplasty in Iran. As the number of teenagers and young adults who choose to have cosmetic surgery increases, surgeons should consider their expectations, motivations and awareness of postoperative complications before surgery.
authors.affiliation: Shafa Hospital Clinical Research Unit and Assistant Professor, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, Shafa Hospital, Kerman Medical University, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Aliasghar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arabi Mianroodi
authors.forename: Mobina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eslami
authors.forename: Narges
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khanjani
keywords: Awareness; Iran; Postoperative complications; Rhinoplasty