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The history of facelifts is greater than one hundred years. Many facelift techniques have been developed. Some techniques have become widely adopted. Other techniques have fallen out of favor and been forgotten. Those procedures that have endured reflect improvements in our understanding of facial anatomy. History of Facelift Surgery: Overall Trends The overall trend has been: An increase in the...
This information is adapted from a presentation given to physician groups and a series of videos available online. It is important to seek not only a fellowship-trained but also a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon if you have aesthetic concerns about your face and/or neck. Source: Martin, Paula J. Suzanne Noel: Cosmetic Surgery, Feminism and Beauty in Early Twentieth-Century France....
I inherited a physician examination table from my mother's family when I graduated from medical school. The table was a strange inheritance because there are no other physicians in my family. My mother explained that it was found in the attic of one of my great grandparents' homes in rural Central Kentucky. It is not clear how the table wound up in my mother's possession. It would become clear...
A rendering of Homa, the mythological Persian bird that never stops flying, caught my eye. The line to pick up boarding passes and drop off checked luggage for Iran Air was a train of luxury shopping bags, headscarves, and nasal casts. I had landed in Dubai International Airport, which contained a fascinating mix of people from all over the world. It was my first trip to the city, a 30-minute...
I never bought into the supposed glamour of plastic surgery despite the abundance of advertising to that effect. Rather, I feel glamour is more often intended to be associated with plastic surgeons themselves in advertising. Virginia Postrel, a cultural writer, argues in her wonderful book The Power of Glamour that glamour "offers the implicit promise of a life devoid of mediocrity" and is "an...
The promotion of aesthetic plastic surgery in the United States increased dramatically after the second world war when surgeons who gained experience reconstructing the war wounded saw a sudden drop in patients. This development paralleled the greater professionalization – the act of increasing training for and/or the qualifications required to enter - of the field of plastic surgery. However,...
