An agreed definition for cosmetic surgery would be helpful for the purposes of discourse on
ethics, patient safety, healthcare policy and health economics. One of the problems with …

Is aesthetic surgery a business guided by market structures aimed primarily at material gain
and profit or a surgical intervention intended to benefit patients and an integral part of the …

In contradistinction to other fields of surgery plastic surgery has dual objectives: to restore
function and to restore and preserve normal appearance. The plastic surgeon has the latter …

673 their mundane usage, eventually distort the scientific concepts they describe. Is this the
case where Bacon [5] points out the idol of the tribe? In the same vein, Hobbes et al.[6] says …

The practice of cosmetic surgery is of immense interest across the western world. In
Australia, its regulation is currently the subject of three separate administrative processes, all …

The search for beauty and its value has been a discussion topic since the ancient Greeks
composed their myths. The advent of safer and more advanced modern plastic surgery …

2 Women, Doctors and Cosmetic Surgery 'makeover'programs beamed around the world
that enthral us by what doctors can do to transform women's faces and, indeed, their whole …

The cosmetic surgery market is rapidly expanding and changing. This survey is the largest of
its kind in the UK and aims to study the motivation and attitudes of UK women towards …

Plastic, reconstructive, and cosmetic surgery refers to a variety of operations performed in
order to repair or restore body parts to look normal or to enhance a certain structure or …

There is no worldwide consensus, as to how healthcare should be funded, in a modern
society. Limited resources in the UK, have led to restrictions on cosmetic surgery in the NHS …