Straight talk about cosmetic surgery
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| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
c2007.
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| Series: | Yale University Press health & wellness
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Table of Contents:
- I. Cosmetic surgery
- 1. An overview
- 2. The cosmetic surgery consultation
- 3. The risks
- 4. Computer imaging
- 5. Aging
- II. Facial surgery
- 6. Skin care : the foundation for a healthy appearance
- 7. Growths on the face
- 8. Tackling wrinkles
- 9. Filling wrinkles
- 10. Peeling and lasering wrinkles
- 11. Botox
- 12. Eyelid lifts
- 13. Brow-lifts
- 14. Face-lifts and lifting with stitches
- 15. Fat grafting
- 16. Liposuction of the neck and jowls
- 17. Rhinoplasty : nasal reshaping
- 18. Chin and cheek implants
- 19. Lip augmentations
- 20. Ear reshaping
- 21. Hair restoration
- 22. Cosmetic dentistry
- III. Lasers
- 23. Laser hair removal
- 24. Tattoo removal
- 25. Laser removal of red and brown marks
- 26. New lasers and intense pulsed light
- IV. Body contouring
- 27. Liposuction
- 28. Tummy tucks and body contouring
- 29. Breast enlargement
- 30. Breast reductions and lifts
- 31. Male breast reduction
- 32. Calf, buttock, and pectoral implants
- 33. Weight loss and cosmetic surgery
- 34. Spider veins
- V. Procedures that don't work
- 35. Fraud in cosmetic surgery
- 36. Endermologie and the quest to cure cellulite
- 37. Mesotherapy
- 38. Cool lasers and other less invasive treatments
- 39. Microdermabrasion
- 40. "Anti-aging" medicine
- Epilogue. The future of plastic surgery
- Appendix A. Fees for typical procedures
- Appendix B. National rankings of cosmetic procedures
- Appendix C. Age distribution of cosmetic procedures.
