Impact of Preoperative Hair Removal on Self-Esteem after Brain Tumor Surgery.

As a result, a sense of humor, family history, and reconstruction were significantly associated with self-esteem. 9 While physical discomfort has been reported to predict low self-esteem in patients in other surgical fields, loss of hair, particularly total hair shaving in neurosurgical patients, can contribute to feelings of vulnerability, stigma, and altered self-image. While total hair shaving significantly affects patients' self-esteem, the selective shaving did not reach statistical significance.

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