Erschienen in:
05.08.2020 | Editorial
Aesthetic/Cosmetic Surgery and Ethical Challenges: The Social Media Era
verfasst von:
B. Atiyeh, A. Ibrahim
Erschienen in:
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
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Ausgabe 4/2020
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Excerpt
Discussing the paper entitled “Aesthetic/Cosmetic Surgery and Ethical Challenges”, Mendelson [
1] stated that “the central thesis of the review is whether aesthetic plastic surgery remains where it commenced, in the realm of the medical system where it was intended to seriously benefit patients, or whether it should cross into the commercial world, which contrasts in having the immediate focus on benefiting the business”. He added also “the immense challenges from the media, consumer advertising, opportunist nonspecialist practitioners, and commercial interests are testing the traditional ethics under which plastic surgeons trained”. The concerns Mendelson has raised more than a decade ago still hold today with the rapid expansion of non-core aesthetic plastic surgery disciplines such as “aesthetic medicine”, “dermatologic surgery”, “facial plastic surgery”, “oculoplastic surgery”, “aesthetic gynecology”, and even now “oncoplastic surgery”. …
