Cosmetic Surgery
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Introduction
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
Randy A Sansone, MD, Lori A Sansone, MD
Cosmetic Surgery and Psychological Issues
Jamal M. Bullocks, M.D.
Cosmetic Surgery in the Ethnic Population: Special Considerations and Procedures
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)
Psychology and Sociology
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, PhD; Christopher J Solomon, PhD; Stuart J Gibson, BSc; Alvaro Pallares-Bejerano, MPhys
Human Facial Beauty: Current Theories and Methodologies (PDF)
Alicia R Ouellette
Eyes Wide Open: Surgery to Westernize the Eyes of an Asian Child
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
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)
Diagnosing Culture: Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Cosmetic Surgery (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
Links
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
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