Cosmetic Surgery

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COSMETIC SURGERY: MEDICINE, CULTURE, BEAUTY

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

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)

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)
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

Interview with Sander Gilman