[The benefits of socio-aesthetics in psychiatry: three experiments with adolescents].

Adolescents and young adults admitted to the Espace unit at Nantes University Hospital are offered beauty treatments. Although their situations are diverse, they consistently show a decline in self-esteem. These young patients benefit from individual hand and facial treatments, make-up sessions and group workshops.

Feedback on a socio-aesthetic program for the benefit of young patients with self-endangerment.

Objectives: Socio-aesthetics is a practice born in psychiatric departments but has since developed particularly in the field of oncology. For our part, since January 2018, we have initiated an experiment of this type at the Espace Unit of the CHU in Nantes, a unit that takes care of young patients who find themselves in a situation of crisis and endangerment of themselves.

Methods: The qualitative evaluation of the interest of a socio-aesthetic mediation (relaxation modelling, facial care, make-up) with young patients was carried out by a collection of their feelings.