Although the practice of medicine is built on a foundation of ethics, science, and common sense, the increasing complexity of medical interventions, social interactions, and societal norms of behavior challenges the ethical practice of aesthetic surgeons. We report a survey of the opinions, practices, and attitudes of experienced and novice facial plastic surgeons. The survey consisted of 15 cl...

BACKGROUND In order for aesthetic surgery to participate in the movement toward evidence-based medicine, a system that quantifies aesthetic outcomes must be developed based on reliable and reproducible data. Previous studies have investigated the attractiveness of averaged (or composite) faces. Data has shown that these faces are deemed more attractive than their constituent faces. OBJECTIVES...

213 There has been intense debate nowadays on what surgical procedures a speciality must do or must not do, particularly among dermatosurgeons, plastic surgeons, oculoplastic and maxillofacial surgeons. Now, dentists and gynaecologists have jumped the fray with each specialist treading on another's toes. Should dermatosurgeons do blepharoplasty or leave it to the oculoplastic surgeon, should pl...

So wrote Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen), who was born around 965 in Basra (now Iraq, but then part of Persia), lived most of his life in Egypt, and is credited with being an early developer of the scientific method. His road to truth took a wrong turn that almost cost him his life. After claiming that he could use mathematical principles to regulate the flooding of the Nile—and later realizing that t...

1. Therapeutic effects of herbal extracts with antioxidant properties in the management of periodontal disease 1Adina Bianca Bosca, 2Elena Dinte, 3Aranka Ilea, 4Alina Elena Parvu 1Department of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 2Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Iuliu Haţiegan...

BACKGROUND Elective aesthetic surgeries are increasing in the Iranian population with reasons linked to body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms. This study compared the body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms among invasive and minimally invasive aesthetic surgery patients and a control group. METHODS Data from 90 participants (invasive aesthetic surgery=30 ...

When perusing a plastic surgery journal or attending a plastic surgery meeting, it is evident that the results shown in any given aesthetic presentation are considered by some to be excellent, whereas others deem the same results to be average or less than optimal. This disparity occurs when the interpretation of posttreatment results is based solely on subjective opinion. Certainly, the task o...

There is something peculiar about aesthetic testimony. It seems more di cult to gain knowledge of aesthetic properties based solely upon aesthetic testimony than it is in the case of other types of property. In this paper, I argue that we can provide an adequate explanation at the level of the semantics of aesthetic language without defending any substantive thesis in epistemology or about aest...