Cosmetic Surgery
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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
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)
Breast Reconstruction — Medical Discourse and Illustration
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
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
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
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
Cosmetic Surgery Tourism Research Project