Table 1.

Characteristics of Cosmetic Dermatology Care Seeking Behavior of Study Population to Non-Dermatologists

Parameters	Not Seeking a Dermatologist	Seeking a Dermatologist	Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P value	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P value
Use of Social networking site
Instagram	285 (63.9%)	161 (36.1%)	1.350 (0.875–2.083)	0.175	1.826 (0.898–3.714)	0.097
Snapchat	141 (69.5%)	62 (30.5%)	1.613 (1.117–2.329)	0.011	2.164 (1.257–3.726)	0.005
Percentage of photos posted by participants in social media that were edited
≤40%	186 (56.7%)	142 (43.3%)	Reference
>40%	81 (80.2%)	20 (19.8%)	3.092 (1.809–5.284)	0.001	6.157 (3.097–12.242)	0.001
Type of skin lesion edited
Dark circle	43 (76.8%)	13 (23.2%)	2.121 (1.111–4.047)	0.023	2.434 (1.078–5.498)	0.032
Reason for editing the skin lesion
I know other people do it	7 (87.5%)	1 (12.5%)	4.258 (0.520–34.859)	0.177	34.387 (2.49–474.27)	0.008
Awareness about Skin care
Yes	174 (59.2%)	120 (40.8%)	0.734 (0.518–1.039)	0.081	0.564 (0.334–0.952)	0.032
No, do not Know	170 (66.4%)	86 (33.6%)	Reference
Awareness of cosmetic dermatological procedures
Yes	182 (75.2%)	60 (24.8%)	2.734 (1.893–3.948)	0.001	11.262 (5.769–21.98)	0.001
No	162 (52.6%)	146 (47.4%)	Reference
Ever visited a dermatologist for cosmetic dermatology care
Yes	40 (30.1%)	93 (69.9%)	Reference
No	304 (72.9%)	113 (27.1%)	6.2555 (4.073–9.605)	0.001	22.927 (10.84–48.47)	0.001
Seek dermatologist in future if needed
Yes	216 (56.8%)	164 (43.2%)	Reference
No	128 (75.3%)	42 (24.7%)	2.314 (1.546–3.464)	0.001	2.279 (1.274–4.076)	0.005
Self- esteem
High	43 (76.8%)	13 (23.2%)	Reference
Low	301 (60.9%)	193 (39.1%)	2.121 (1.111–4.047)	0.023	3.582 (1.321–9.711)	0.012

Note: The bold and underlined P value shows that the values were statistically significant (p<0.05).