Cosmetic Surgery

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COSMETIC SURGERY: MEDICINE, CULTURE, BEAUTY

edited by Bernadette Wegenstein

 

Public Health 

Joel Schlessinger, MD, FAAD, FAACS, Daniel Schlessinger, and Bernard Schlessinger, PhD
Prospective Demographic Study of Cosmetic Surgery Patients

Anne F Klassen, Andrea L Pusic, Amy Scott, Jennifer Klok, Stefan J Cano
Satisfaction and quality of life in women who undergo breast surgery: A qualitative study

Jamal M. Bullocks, M.D.
Cosmetic Surgery in the Ethnic Population: Special Considerations and Procedures

Sunishka Wimalawansa, M.D., Aisha McKnight, M.D., and Jamal M. Bullocks, M.D.
Socioeconomic Impact of Ethnic Cosmetic Surgery: Trends and Potential Financial Impact the African American, Asian American, Latin American, and Middle Eastern Communities Have on Cosmetic Surgery

Roberta J. Honigman, MSW; Alun C. Jackson, PhD; and Nicki A. Dowling, PhD
The PreFACE: A Preoperative Psychosocial Screen for Elective Facial Cosmetic Surgery and Cosmetic Dentistry Patients (PDF)

Gaspare Tagliacozzi: Plastic Surgery of the Nose
De Curtorum Chirurgia, 1597

Breast Reconstruction — Medical Discourse and Illustration

Variation in Physician-patient Discussion of Breast Reconstruction

Psychology and Sociology

Randy A Sansone, MD,  Lori A Sansone, MD
Cosmetic Surgery and Psychological Issues

Roberta J Honigman, BComm, BsocWork, AASW: Katharine A Philiips, MD; David J Castle, MSc, MD, MRCPsych, FRANZCP
A Review of Psychological Outcomes for Patients Seeking Cosmetic Surgery

Steven M Platek, Devendra Singh
Optimal Waist-to-Hip Ratios in Women Activate Neural Reward Centers in Men

Victor S Johnston
Facial Beauty and Mate Choice Decisions (PDF)

Dr. Stephen Marquardt's Beauty Analysis

Feminism and Cultural Studies

Brenda R Weber
Beauty, Desire, and Anxiety: the Economy of Sameness in ABC's Extreme Makeover

Kathy Davis
Surgical Passing: Or why Michael Jackson's Nose Makes 'Us' Uneasy (PDF)

Meredith Jones
Architecture of the Body: Cosmetic Surgery and Postmodern Space (PDF)

Meredith Jones
Makeover Culture's Dark Side: Breasts, Death, and Lolo Ferrari (PDF)

Alicia R Ouellette
Eyes Wide Open: Surgery to Westernize the Eyes of an Asian Child

Philosphy and Ethics

Arthur Caplan, Carl Elliott
Is it Ethical that we Use Enhancement Technologies that Make Us Better Than Well?

Cressida Heyes
Cosmetic Surgery and the Televisual Makeover: A Foucauldian Feminist Reading (PDF)

Cressida Heyes
Diagnosing Culture: Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Cosmetic Surgery (PDF)

Joanna Zylinska
Of Swans and Ugly Ducklings: Bioethics between Humans, Animals, and Machines (PDF)

Nora Ruck (PDF)
Beauty and the Beast: Johann Kaspar Lavater's Theory of Monstrosity

Interview with Sander Gilman

Selected Links

NIH Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery Info

The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons]

Awfulplasticsurgery

New Beauty Magazine

Cosmetic Surgery Tourism Research Project