Cosmetic Surgery
COSMETIC SURGERY: MEDICINE, CULTURE, BEAUTY
Introduction
Contents
Public Health and Medical Discourse
Psychology and Sociology
Cultural Studies
History and Philosphy
Public Health and Medical Discourse
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
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
Psychology and Sociology
Steven M Platek, Devendra Singh
Optimal Waist-to-Hip Ratios in Women Activate Neural Reward Centers in Men
Victor S Johnston, PhD; Christopher J Solomon, PhD; Stuart J Gibson, BSc; Alvaro Pallares-Bejerano, MPhys
Human Facial Beauty: Current Theories and Methodologies (PDF)
J.W.G. Stroomer H.D. Vuyk, E.W.J. Wielinga
The Effects of Computer Simulated Facial Plastic Surgery on Social Perception by Others (PDF)
Cultural Studies
Alicia R Ouellette
Eyes Wide Open: Surgery to Westernize the Eyes of an Asian Child
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
Makeover Culture's Dark Side: Breasts, Death, and Lolo Ferrari (PDF)
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 Feminist Foucauldian Reading (PDF)
Joanna Zylinska
Of Swans and Ugly Ducklings: Bioethics between Humans, Animals, and Machines
Bernadette Wegenstein and Nora Ruck (PDF)
Physiognomy, Reality Television and the Cosmetic Gaze