When one thinks about plastic surgery, one might imagine a woman, attractive, ageless, self-
confident, perhaps somewhat artificial, who has been “made over” by a doctor. She has …

The essence of a profession is service to others. A profession differs from a business. The
prime purpose of the medical profession is to give trustworthy service of highest quality in …

Amy, rearranging her hair, asks a familiar question,“Why do they call it plastic surgery?” I
fumble through an explanation of Carl von Graefe's use of “plastic,” meaning “to mold,” and …

The idea for the Handbook of Plastic Surgery came to me during my second year in general
surgery training at New York University when I was on the plastic surgery service. I had read …

I have not come a few thousand miles to deliver a sermon in this land of the greatest
sermons. My pur-pose in this address is to have us consider certain aspects of our …

This book offers a detailed history of plastic surgery procedures and their development from
the ancient world, through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, up to World War II. The …

Dr Ricardo Mazzola and Ms Catherine Foss are to be congratulated for producing this book.
It is the one that every plastic surgeon should own and be able to enjoy and learn from …

—Alex F. Osborne Recently a patient asked me if she should have her face lift done by a
cosmetic surgeon rather than a “plastic surgeon” like myself. I have been asked this question …

Craniofacial surgery is commonly defined as surgery of the bones and soft tissues above
and behind the maxilla. 1 A common misconception is to associate craniofacial surgery with …

When we dropped the word “Reconstructive” from our Society's name, I thought it was a
good thing. As a reconstructive surgeon who has always thought of himself first as a plastic …