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This book provides a complete history of plastic surgery, a description of the modern techniques and choices available, and an overview of the controversies surrounding the choice to voluntarily change your physical appearance.
Plastic surgery was historically considered a medical necessity. These were procedures specifically developed to treat burn or accident victims, to correct those born with cleft palates, or to repair extreme cases of cosmetic disfigurement, such as amputations performed as a punishment for adulterous men. Today, however, plastic surgery is a common option for those seeking to modify their normal and uninjured bodies to conform to an unrealistic, idealized model of perfection.
This book presents the fascinating history of how therapeutic techniques were adapted to offer cosmetic changes to patients without disfiguring bodily flaws. The first section of
Plastic Surgery details this evolution by tracing the history from development of the medical techniques to the choices currently available today. The second section digs deeper to examine the controversies and issues associated with plastic surgery, such as race, beauty, and gender reassignment. The third section offers primary documents produced by medical authorities regarding accepted procedures and practices, as well as an expansive glossary and timeline.
List of contents
Series ForewordSection IIntroduction
1 History
2 Indications and Types of Treatment
3 Challenges and Applications
4 Anesthesia and Antisepsis
5 Wartime: The Mother of Invention
6 Paradigm Changes in Reconstruction and Aesthetics
7 Corrective versus Cosmetic Surgery
8 Organizations and Societies
Section II9 Introduction and Overview
10 Informed Consent: Doctors and Patients at Risk
11 Wartime Morality and Politics
12 Breast Reconstruction
13 Is Ethnicity Bad?
14 Liposuction
15 Botox: A Good Use for a Bad Organism
16 Silicone and Other Implants
17 Down Syndrome
18 Cleft Palate and Cleft Lip
19 Ambiguous Genitalia
20 Why Would Anyone Want to Do That?
Section III
Introduction
Appendix A Documents
1 Cases of Deformity from Burns, Successfully Treated by Plastic Operations, Thomas Mütter, 1843
2
Safety of Silicone Breast Implants, 1999
3 FDA Press Release, 2006
4 Position Statement on Cosmetic Surgery for Children with Down Syndrome, 2011
Appendix B Plastic Surgery Time Line
Appendix C Glossary
Appendix D Further Reading
Index
About the author
Lana Thompson is an independent scholar who works at the University Center for Excellence in Writing at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.
