Cosmetic Surgery
COSMETIC SURGERY: MEDICINE, CULTURE, BEAUTY
edited by Bernadette Wegenstein
Introduction
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
[1]Jamal M. Bullocks, M.D.
Cosmetic Surgery in the Ethnic Population: Special Considerations and Procedures
[2]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)
Breast Reconstruction — Medical Discourse and Illustration
Psychology and Sociology
Randy A Sansone, MD, Lori A Sansone, MD
Cosmetic Surgery and Psychological Issues
David J Castle, MSc, MD, FRANZCP; Roberta J Honigman, BComm, BSocWork, AASW; Katharine A Phillips, MD
Does Cosmetic Surgery Improve Psychological Wellbeing?
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
Alicia R Ouellette
Eyes Wide Open: Surgery to Westernize the Eyes of an Asian Child
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)
Brenda R Weber
Beauty, Desire, and Anxiety: the Economy of Sameness in ABC's Extreme Makeover
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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
Links
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery