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Denis Diderot and Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert: "Chirurgie," in:<br>[http://encyclopedie.uchicago.edu/ Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers]<br>1772''' | Denis Diderot and Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert: "Chirurgie," in:<br>[http://encyclopedie.uchicago.edu/ Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers]<br>1772'''<br>'''<br> | ||
== [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Cosmetic_surgery/Introduction Introduction] == | == [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Cosmetic_surgery/Introduction Introduction] == | ||
The listing of the three areas—medicine, culture, and beauty—in the subtitle of my Living Book on cosmetic surgery is not coincidental. The practice of cosmetic surgery—a surgical intervention into the body for merely aesthetic and not medical reasons—is a medical discipline, dating back to the times of the Hindu doctor [http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijps/vol4n2/sushruta.xml Sushruta], who practiced rhinoplasty c. 500 BCE. The promise on which this medical discipline operates is, however, not only that of ‘health,’ but also that of ‘beauty,’ be it a restorative beauty that seeks to ‘repair’ what has been lost (due to age, accident, or illness)—hence ''reconstructive ''surgery—or a beauty that is yet to be born, or ‘carved out,’ with the help of an aesthetic surgeon's scalpel and with reference to the grounding pillars of beauty: symmetry and proportion. In both cases, the desire for such beauty can be defined as a cultural phenomenon: in the sense that it affects the way we humans look, what we want, and the way we define our appearance and correlate it to our inner qualities and characteristics | The listing of the three areas—medicine, culture, and beauty—in the subtitle of my Living Book on cosmetic surgery is not coincidental. The practice of cosmetic surgery—a surgical intervention into the body for merely aesthetic and not medical reasons—is a medical discipline, dating back to the times of the Hindu doctor [http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijps/vol4n2/sushruta.xml Sushruta], who practiced rhinoplasty c. 500 BCE. The promise on which this medical discipline operates is, however, not only that of ‘health,’ but also that of ‘beauty,’ be it a restorative beauty that seeks to ‘repair’ what has been lost (due to age, accident, or illness)—hence ''reconstructive ''surgery—or a beauty that is yet to be born, or ‘carved out,’ with the help of an aesthetic surgeon's scalpel and with reference to the grounding pillars of beauty: symmetry and proportion. In both cases, the desire for such beauty can be defined as a cultural phenomenon: in the sense that it affects the way we humans look, what we want, and the way we define our appearance and correlate it to our inner qualities and characteristics. ([http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Cosmetic_surgery/Introduction more])<br> | ||
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Gaspare Tagliacozzi: Plastic Surgery of the Nose<br>[http://www.archive.org/details/decurtorumchirur02tagl De Curtorum Chirurgia], 1597 | Gaspare Tagliacozzi: Plastic Surgery of the Nose<br>[http://www.archive.org/details/decurtorumchirur02tagl De Curtorum Chirurgia], 1597 | ||
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== Breast Reconstruction — Medical Discourse and Illustration == | == Breast Reconstruction — Medical Discourse and Illustration == | ||
Charles M Balch, MD, and Lisa K Jacobs, MD<br>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2749168/?tool=pmcetrez Mastectomies on the Rise for Breast Cancer: "The Tide is Changing"] | Charles M Balch, MD, and Lisa K Jacobs, MD<br>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2749168/?tool=pmcetrez Mastectomies on the Rise for Breast Cancer: "The Tide is Changing"] | ||
Michael A Martin, Ramona Meyricke, Terry O'Neill, and Steven Roberts<br>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1459180/?tool=pmcentrez Mastectomy or Breast Conserving Surgery? Factors affecting Type of Surgical Treatment for Breast Cancer — a Classification Tree Approach] | Michael A Martin, Ramona Meyricke, Terry O'Neill, and Steven Roberts<br>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1459180/?tool=pmcentrez Mastectomy or Breast Conserving Surgery? Factors affecting Type of Surgical Treatment for Breast Cancer — a Classification Tree Approach] | ||
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The famous come-back video Spiegel by the all-female German Hip Hop group Tic Tac Toe came out in 2005.<br>It deals with female body image disorder, and the resulting desire to change everything about oneself, when looking into the Spiegel (mirror).<br>It is told through the voices of three participants of a group therapy session who come out rapping their self-hatred. | The famous come-back video Spiegel by the all-female German Hip Hop group Tic Tac Toe came out in 2005.<br>It deals with female body image disorder, and the resulting desire to change everything about oneself, when looking into the Spiegel (mirror).<br>It is told through the voices of three participants of a group therapy session who come out rapping their self-hatred. | ||
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Revision as of 10:39, 24 September 2011
Cosmetic Surgery: Medicine, Culture, Beauty
edited by Bernadette Wegenstein
Plastic Reconstruction of Face, Red Cross Worker, Paris 1918 (National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD)
In this Parisian lab, facial parts are being plastered and put on a badly disfigured man (most likley a world war one veteran).
Denis Diderot and Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert: "Chirurgie," in:
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
1772
Introduction
The listing of the three areas—medicine, culture, and beauty—in the subtitle of my Living Book on cosmetic surgery is not coincidental. The practice of cosmetic surgery—a surgical intervention into the body for merely aesthetic and not medical reasons—is a medical discipline, dating back to the times of the Hindu doctor Sushruta, who practiced rhinoplasty c. 500 BCE. The promise on which this medical discipline operates is, however, not only that of ‘health,’ but also that of ‘beauty,’ be it a restorative beauty that seeks to ‘repair’ what has been lost (due to age, accident, or illness)—hence reconstructive surgery—or a beauty that is yet to be born, or ‘carved out,’ with the help of an aesthetic surgeon's scalpel and with reference to the grounding pillars of beauty: symmetry and proportion. In both cases, the desire for such beauty can be defined as a cultural phenomenon: in the sense that it affects the way we humans look, what we want, and the way we define our appearance and correlate it to our inner qualities and characteristics. (more)
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
Gaspare Tagliacozzi: Plastic Surgery of the Nose
De Curtorum Chirurgia, 1597
Breast Reconstruction — Medical Discourse and Illustration
Charles M Balch, MD, and Lisa K Jacobs, MD
Mastectomies on the Rise for Breast Cancer: "The Tide is Changing"
Michael A Martin, Ramona Meyricke, Terry O'Neill, and Steven Roberts
Mastectomy or Breast Conserving Surgery? Factors affecting Type of Surgical Treatment for Breast Cancer — a Classification Tree Approach
Chen JY, Malin J, Ganz PA, Ko C, Tisnado D, Tao ML, Timmer M, Adams JL, Kahn KL.
Variation in Physician-patient Discussion of Breast Reconstruction
Mal Bebbington Hatcher, Lesley Fallowfield
The Psychosocial Impact of Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy
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
Cressida Heyes
Diagnosing Culture: Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Cosmetic Surgery
Steven S. 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
Dr. Stephen Marquardt's Beauty Analysis
Feminism and 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
Meredith Jones
Architecture of the Body: Cosmetic Surgery and Postmodern Space
Alicia R Ouellette
Eyes Wide Open: Surgery to Westernize the Eyes of an Asian Child
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
Joanna Zylinska
Of Swans and Ugly Ducklings: Bioethics between Humans, Animals, and Machines
Meredith Jones
Makeover Culture’s Dark Side: Breasts, Death and Lolo Ferarri
The famous come-back video Spiegel by the all-female German Hip Hop group Tic Tac Toe came out in 2005.
It deals with female body image disorder, and the resulting desire to change everything about oneself, when looking into the Spiegel (mirror).
It is told through the voices of three participants of a group therapy session who come out rapping their self-hatred.
Selected 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
Nasal "S" Implant for African American Rhinoplasty
Medical Illustration by Jennifer Gentry
Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Info from The Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Cosmetic Surgery Tourism Research Project