ABSTRACT Taste, as a faculty of aesthetic appreciation, involves an individual, and yet assumes community. In this article, distinctly singular mode being attuned to objects taste is shown be conditioned by the consent others being-with others, thereby constituting what named here ‘aesthetic community.’ This idea community traced back Kant's sensus communis Heidegger's notion preservation: for ...

IMPORTANCE In youth, facial aesthetic units flow together without perceptible division. The face appears as a single dynamic structure with a smooth contour and very little if any shadowing between different anatomical regions. As one ages, facial aesthetic units slowly become distinct. This process may be a consequence of differences in skin thickness, composition of subcutaneous tissue, conto...

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 Ss, min...