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A Brilliant Resource
While doing research on psychological issues relating to cosmetic surgery, I frequently noted Dr. David Sarwer's name as the author of relevant journal articles. I was impressed by his perceptions, and eventually contacted him at the University of Pa. Medical School to ask if he would be willing to review my research. He was my guiding light to this book, which served as an invaluable resource for me. Highly readable, informative and insightful, its essays brought so much into sharp focus. The additional perceptions I gained from the articles therein enabled me to integrate the results of many of its studies into a new book - a book written by a woman about women's experiences with this often highly charged, emotional event.

Lois W. Stern
SEX, LIES AND COSMETIC SURGERY
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This state-of-the-art reference is your step-by-step visual guide to the very latest approaches to face lift surgery. Full-color photographs and a complementary DVD of operative video clips detail Dr. Jones's techniques, including his variations on the extended SMAS facelift or lateral SMAS-ectomy, volumetric and short scar facelift, and endoscopic approaches.

• Features full-color sequential photographs of each technique for a step-by-step approach to procedures.
• Includes a one hour DVD of procedural video clips to supplement your knowledge and help you hone your surgical skills.
• Presents Dr. Jones's preferred procedures in detail, offering you the best "how-to-do-it" advice, so you can achieve optimal outcomes and minimize scarring and recovery time for your patients.
• Offers authoritative advice on which facelift option is right for each patient based on relevant clinical anatomy to help you develop an individual approach to every case.
• Provides detailed discussions on the most frequently performed facelift procedures so you can avoid complications.
• Uses a liberal amount of full-color pre-, intra-, and post-operative photographs so you know exactly what to expect.
  
• Covers how to approach revision surgery for better outcomes.
• Discusses how to set up a practice, record clinical photographs and notes, perform patient selections, and avoid litigation.

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This book brings an up to date comprehensive review of the basics of physiology and wound healing, standard and new techniques and technologies introduced in recent years to plastic surgery. It provides comprehensive review system to help residents and young plastic surgeons to prepare for board exams as well as have one volume of condense material of basic plastic surgery knowledge. The book is divided into seven major categories. In each category, chapters related to anatomy, physiology and pathology are supplemented with chapters on treatment options including conventional surgical techniques as well as new technical approaches including endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery. The chapters are designed to address questions most often asked on the specialty boards. The books aims to bring most current and multidisciplinary approach summarizing basic plastic surgery knowledge in the light of innovations and new technologies as well as research approaches as applied to general plastic, hand surgery, peripheral nerve surgery, microsurgery, breast surgery, esthetic surgery, and reconstructive surgery.

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This multi-authored reference is the only book on the market that presents all aspects of pediatric plastic surgery procedures. ... Read more

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An abdominoplasty or "tummy tuck" is one of the most commonly performed cosmetic plastic surgery procedures. The operation, which is used to make the abdomen more firm, is considered major surgery.  This issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery provides the most extensive coverage of the various different techniques and tips for successful outcomes available in the literature as a single volume. ... Read more

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Drs. Hall-Findlay and Evans' new Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Breast has a purely surgical focus that covers the full scope of breast surgery. Coverage of hot topics includes new implant types, gel implants, fat injections to the breast for aesthetic enhancement, and fat injections for reconstruction.The book is organized into seven sections including reduction, mastopexy, augmentation, and more. Expert, international contributors deliver practical advice on the latest techniques, with a special emphasis on what can go wrong and how to avoid it. This full-color, templated reference comes with case studies and 16 video clips (both on web and on DVD) with approximately three hours of footage demonstrating key procedures. Video coverage includes form-stable high cohesive silicone gel implants, short scar with inferior pedicle, and sub-fascial breast augmentation. Expert Consult access enables you to search full text online and download images.

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Do you ever find yourself wondering, "Has she had work done?" Do you flip through supermarket tabloids to see who’s the latest star to have gone under the knife? Do you secretly adore before and after photos? Well, let’s face it, who doesn’t? Aesthetic surgery has become a global phenomenon. In places like Hollywood, the mystery isn’t who’s had work done, but who hasn’t. Those who have been to the world’s best surgeons can get away with lying about it, while others have the evidence written all over their faces. From liposuction to lip implants, this book explores all the ins and outs of body sculpting via photos, illustrations, essays, and interviews.

Topics include:
- History of aesthetic surgery (with unpublished medical photos!)
- Ethnicity and aesthetic surgery
- The latest methods and techniques
- Before and after photos of transformed body parts
- Surgery in movies
- Spotlight on Ivo Pitanguy, the "Michelangelo of the scalpel"
- Interviews with the world’s most famous aesthetic surgeons
- Caricatures and jokes about aesthetic surgery
- Bibliography including links to plastic surgery websites ... Read more

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The Be-All and End-All of Aesthetic Surgery
For those readers who want the MOST COMPREHENSIVE compilation on aesthetic surgery, the Taschen book is a Must Read, Must See and Must Buy on so many levels: visually, aesthetically, even viscerally.(some photos will make one queasy). Looking at photos (some from historical archives which have rarely been published before) is like stepping into a Time Machine to seethrough the decades of the Dark Ages of plastic surgery--- the successes, the failures, the logic and sometimes illogic--behind those surgical geniuses who started to operate, initially, to cure deformities caused through birth, accident, warfare , but through the centuries took their unique craft from deformity to beautyto mythical beauty and beyond-- way beyond what humans could have ever imagined just a few centuries ago.
I highly recommend this book to the laymen, tothe curious, to the medical professional; in an odd way, it is like a medical text coffee table book-- the art, the uniquephotos, the omniscient text will intrigue and fascinate even those readers with minimal interest in aesthetic surgery.From Nefertiti to Gwyneth Paltrow,fromCukor's A Woman's Face to enlightening interviews with some of the world's most renown aesthetic surgeons,the captivated reader will find endless humans/objects/art and artifice to make the mystiqueof aesthetic surgery come alive, whether one wantsit to or not! ... Read more

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The riveting story of how cosmetic surgery and plastic money melted together to create a subprime mortgage crisis of the body    
 
Plastic surgery has become “the answer” for many Americans, and in American Plastic sociologist Laurie Essig explores how we arrived at this particular solution. Over the last decade there has been a 465 percent increase in cosmetic work, and we now spend over $12 billion annually on procedures like liposuction, face-lifts, tummy tucks, and boob jobs. In this fascinating book, Essig argues that this transformation is the result of massive shifts in both our culture and our economy—a perfect storm of greed, desire, and technology.
 
Plastic is crucial to who we are as Americans, Essig observes. We not only pioneered plastic money but lead the world in our willingness to use it. It’s estimated that 30 percent of plastic surgery patients earn less than $30,000 a year; another 41 percent earn less than $60,000. And since the average cost of cosmetic work is $8,000, a staggering 85 percent of patients assume debt to get work done. Using plastic surgery as a lens on better understanding our society, Essig shows how access to credit, medical advances, and the pressures from an image- and youth-obsessed culture have led to an unprecedented desire to “fix” ourselves. ... Read more

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Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. Atlas for general surgeons on the techniques of breast surgery for both malignant and benign disease. Emphasizes excellent cosmetic and functional results. Third author is noted breast cancer specialist, Dr. Susan Love. Line drawings and color photographs. ... Read more

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In Outsmarting Mother Nature: A Woman's Complete Guide to Plastic Surgery in the 21st Century, a female plastic surgeon explains all the major procedures in cosmetic surgery, offering frank insights into both physical and psychological issues and expectations. Dr. Iliana Sweis, who not only performs but has undergone cosmetic procedures, details the stages most women will go through from the time they begin to contemplate plastic surgery. The book explains how one can best prepare for a procedure, what to expect during the actual surgery, and how to handle the healing phase.

The first several chapters discuss the emotional aspects underlying the desire to undergo plastic surgery, including its social and professional impacts. Each of the subsequent chapters is devoted to individual plastic surgery procedures in significant detail, using a question-and-answer format. Case studies illustrate what cosmetic procedures can, and cannot, accomplish—and the reality checks that need to be in place as part of the decision to proceed.

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a diamond in the rough
This book is written in a clear and concise manner, and is a must for anyone considering plastic surgery. It outlines all you need from finding a competent surgeon, to the procedures themselves, to recovery time,amd pain management and follow up. I have personally witnessed Dr. Sweis' work, and I have experienced her true compassion for her patients.

Outsmarting Mother Nature: Awoman's Complete Guide to Plastic Surgery
This book is written in everyday language, which allows a broad understanding for most people. Helpful hints in choosing a qualified plastic surgeon, a better understanding of the surgical procedures and expectations. This is a book for you if you are thinking of improving yourself with the aid of plastic surgery. I like the book.

very informative
A very well written and informative book. Easy to read and understand.
Will recommend it highly

Just what I needed to know!
What a fantastic tool! Not only did this book answer my broad questions about different proceedures, but it gave me an idea of what to expect (pre & post surgery) and what questions to ask my physician.Surgery of any kind can be scary, but this book helped put my worries at ease!
I also loved that the book addressed the phychological issues that come along with plastic surgery and helped me to understand what I am feeling and what to expect from the proceedure.

Lisa S.
This was a very easy read.I will be turning 5o next year and am seriously considering a surgical procedure.This book answered every question I would ask, and will be a guide for me when I meet with a Doctor. I Loved it! ... Read more

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Founding Director of a new Dental School at the age of twenty-eight, only eighteen months after completing his medical and dental studies at the University of Birmingham, was just one of Henry Percy Pickerill's achievements in a highly productive life. His research and writing on dental caries were internationally significant and laid the foundations for the School Dental Service in New Zealand. His work on facial and jaw reconstructions at Sidcup Hospital in England during the First World War established him as one of the pioneers of plastic surgery. Pickerill was the author of three significant dental textbooks and as founding Director led the University of Otago Dental School from 1907 to 1927. He then embarked on independent practice as Australasia's first plastic surgeon, and was known especially for his innovative work in hare lip and cleft palate surgery. What is surprising is that this is the first biography of Henry Percy Pickerill. ... Read more

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The best breast book
This is the best book for plastic and oncology surgeons. A "must be" book. Buy it now. ... Read more

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When did cosmetic surgery become a common practice, the stuff of everyday conversation? In a work that combines a provocative ethnography of plastic surgery and a penetrating analysis of beauty and feminism, Virginia L. Blum searches out the social conditions and imperatives that have made ours a culture of cosmetic surgery. From diverse viewpoints, ranging from cosmetic surgery patient to feminist cultural critic, she looks into the realities and fantasies that have made physical malleability an essential part of our modern-day identity.
For a cultural practice to develop such a tenacious grip, Blum argues, it must be fed from multiple directions: some pragmatic, including the profit motive of surgeons and the increasing need to appear young on the job; some philosophical, such as the notion that a new body is something you can buy or that appearance changes your life. Flesh Wounds is an inquiry into the ideas and practices that have forged such a culture. Tying the boom in cosmetic surgery to a culture-wide trend toward celebrity, Blum explores our growing compulsion to emulate what remain for most of us two-dimensional icons. Moving between personal experiences and observations, interviews with patients and surgeons, and readings of literature and cultural moments, her book reveals the ways in which the practice of cosmetic surgery captures the condition of identity in contemporary culture. ... Read more

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Escapism from the Self and the Turmoil of Self-Rejection
There are alot of payoffs for physical perfection ... it can easily be the quick-fix for a better life and a step up. The one thing though is that behind it all is a mask and cover up of self-rejection and a drug of choice to run away from one's true personality. Even when beauty gets you what you want ... it may not take away the inner strife that causes the behavior in the first place. Pursuing beauty can be an ugly experience.

Before you go ahead and part with hard-earned money ... go read The Hoffman Process by Tim Laurence.

Fluffy book sourced with National Enquirer articles
Here's a real-review:

*The first 100 pages are about how her mother made her get a nose job that when wrong.
*The second 100 pages are about the Frankenstein movie.
*The last 90 pages are about every movie-star that's ever gotten cosmetic surgery.

And the whole thing is stitched together with an English teacher's weekend theory on how a mix of "Simulations and Simulacra" + "The Ego and the Id" explain why people get cosmetic surgery.If you're someone who orders books online based on catchy titles, then do yourself a favor and skip this one.How can a book on cosmetic surgery not even talk about the golden ratio?

Fascinating, well written and interesting!
I was stunned to find there are no reviews of this book here at Amazon. This book is a great read. I had trouble putting it down! The author is a professor of literature and makes an apology for stepping outside her field (of literature) to write a book about plastic surgery, but it is PRECISELY her background that makes this book so wonderful.

The topic is well-researched and yet presented in layman's terms and the stats and facts are nothing but mind blowing. She makes references to Frankenstein, which prompted me to go read THAT classic and she's right; we're now formed by society's impressions of our physical appearance (which is the link to Victor Frankenstein's monster).

If you think about this, it's rather insane. When people's appearance is improved, they're treated better by society and that gives them more self-confidence and inner peace. How bass-ackwards is that?

I don't know when I've read a more thought-provoking book than "Flesh Wounds." I find myself quoting from it to friends again and again. And it's also proving INVALUABLE in writing my own book about internet dating. (Available August 2005).

Rose Thornton

Review of Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery
Virginia L. Blum examines the topic of cosmetic surgery in her research-based informational book Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery. The book, written by the English professor at the University of Kentucky, appeals to many audiences, is informative in many subjects, and is greatly influenced by her background with cosmetic surgery. Flesh Wounds can be widely used because she uses the book to inform the public on the basics and the inside

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The book Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery by Virginia L. Blum takes the reader into the minds of the individuals influenced by cosmetic surgery. Blum is an English Professor at the University of Kentucky and she became a victim of the cosmetic surgery craze when she was a teenager. Blum writes a very intriguing book about how cosmetic surgery captivates the interests of patients. She points out that society has taken to the fascination of cosmetic surgery, due to the fixation on celebrities. Celebrities stand as a two-dimensional image, where society looks to celebrities for body images. Celebrities are also looking elsewhere for body images too. Society is slowly turning into a unified body mold. Basically society is going to one day be seperated by groups of body types. Society is losing the individual identity that has supported our cultures for years. Flesh Wounds contributes to an understanding of why society is so focused on the outter appearences. Today, society is based on two negative aspects, that is whether a person is attractive or unattractive. Beauty does not make a person more intelligent, nor does not being beautify make a person less intelligent. I liked this book, because Blum does an impressive job providing the evidence of how cosmetic surgery is destroying individualism. ... Read more

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The second edition of Surgery of the Skin: Procedural Dermatology, by Dr. June K. Robinson, et al, will help you put the latest medical and cosmetic surgical procedures to work in your practice. Taking a surgeon's eye view, it discusses and illustrates new procedures such as botulinum toxin treatments and tumescent facelifts so you can provide your patients with the most effective, cutting-edge care. Videos online and on an accompanying DVD show you how to perform these in-depth surgical procedures in detail.

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Surgery of the Skin: Procedural Dermatology - Expert Consult - Online and Print with DVD
excellent book I train with one of the surgeons and this is a great easy understanding tex


how ever the shipping of this very expensive book was a SHAM!!! VERY disappointed how such a book/purchase was so poorly handle arrived falling out of home made patch box!! would not buy from this seller again

great book
Nice book for the overview of dermatologic surgery.I have only read the first couple of chapters so far but they are detailed and explain what you need to know for derm surgery.I highly recommend this book.

Great book.
Fantastic book. Very well palnned and organized, resembling Bolognia, Jorizzo and Rapini`s Dermatology.
The only thing to criticize is the fact that the videos in the DVD are actually still images concatenated (but still very informative).

The best Dermatology Surgery book
By far, the most informative, well written, and most outstanding resource!Bravo to all authors and editors!

Concise Text for DermSurg
This text is typical of Dr. Robinson style of editing.Concise.No fluff, just meat... and this text is a T-bone steak.I find myself looking up what I want and then 15 minutes later reading the next chapter because the text was interesting.The figures are useful and well illustrated

The included CD with images and DVD clips of procedures is useful.

This was a useful addition to my Derm Library.Kudos to Dr. R. ... Read more

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This volume in the Procedures in Reconstructive Surgery Series covers the key reconstructive surgical techniques you need to stay on the cutting edge of this rapidly evolving specialty. Experts clearly explain how to perform procedures, sharing "tricks of the trade" and clinical pearls so you can offer your patients superior results. Each book uses a concise, consistent format that complements the commentary and procedures in operative clips on the accompanying DVD. Master essential reconstructive surgical techniques with the comprehensive titles in this series!

• Provides real-life clinical details and clear visual guidance to the different operative steps with full-color illustrations and original artwork.
  
• Offers complete coverage of reconstructive techniques provided by well-recognized international authorities to provide balanced and comprehensive perspectives.
  
• Discusses common pitfalls, emphasizing optimizing outcomes, to refine the quality of your technique.
  
• Presents a DVD of video clips of key procedures performed by experts to show you how to enhance your skills.

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This volume in the Techniques in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Series gives you the very latest on the hottest areas in midface surgery. Generously illustrated with many color operative photographs, line drawings and cases, the book focuses on the newest techniques and how to use them to get the best possible results. Positioning, marking, alternative options, surgical pitfalls and expert tips, tricks, and comments are presented in clear, clinical terms. Each portable volume is augmented with a fully searchable DVD containing video clips of key procedures, performed by experts as well as operative tricks and hints.

• Contains detailed full-color illustrations for clear visual guidance to each operative step.
  
• Includes a DVD with video clips of key procedures performed by an expert so you can see them performed in real time.
  
• Discusses common pitfalls to help you improve the quality of your technique.
  
• Features experts' "tricks of the trade" so you can learn the best approach to getting the optimal results.
  
• Provides international authorship for true breadth and depth of knowledge.
  
• Uses a consistent format, style, and approach throughout to make finding information easier.
  
• Covers superperiosteal procedures, surgery in ethnic minorites and men, and the ancillary procedures that can be combined with a midface lift.

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One major by-product of the aging baby-boom generation is a surging interest in cosmetic surgery. Although procedures like facelifts and abdominoplasties (the 'tummy-tuck') are considered minimally invasive, the anesthetic protocols and regimens here are often overly complex and unnecessarily toxic. This reference will focus on all of the procedures that the anesthesiologist needs to be proficient in to adequately care for this group of patients. Perioperative care and pain management will be covered for the full spectrum of operations, and there will be special emphasis on level-of-consciousness monitoring of these patients. ... Read more

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nformative Book on Office-Based Cosmetic Surgery
Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery contains information reguarding all the aspects of anesthesia to be considered when providing office-based anesthesia for cosmetic
surgery. ... Read more