COSMETIC SURGERY

COSMETIC SURGERY

Definition: Surgery to remodel, repair, or restore body parts, especially by the transfer of tissue. (American Heritage Dictionary)


Understanding cosmetic laser surgery RD119 .L34 2004	Beauty junkies : inside our $15 billion obsession with cosmetic surgery RD118 .K83 2006	Confessions of a Park Avenue plastic surgeon RD27.35.L67 L56 2005


eBook Link	eBook Link	eBook Link
Amending the Abject Body: Aesthetic Makeovers in Medicine and Culture	Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery	Facial Plastic, Reconstructive, and Trauma Surgery

RELEVANT SUBJECT HEADINGS: Surgery, Plastic; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures; Face –Surgery, _____plasty (Note: this search looks for terms that end in "plasty", eg. angioplasty, genioplasty, rhinoplasty.)

NARROW YOUR TOPIC:
	When should parents decide for a child to have cosmetic surgery? Why?
	What is the success rate for cosmetic surgery?
	What are the main difficulties that might cause poor results in plastic or cosmetic surgery?
	What are the dangers of plastic surgery?
	What type of research is being done on this surgery?
	Should health insurance pay for cosmetic surgery?
	Discuss some of the newer techniques like Botox, injectable fillers, facial implants and barbed sutures.


SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:
	Prentice Hall’s Complete Review of Surgical Technology	Reference RD32.3 .B64 2006

JOURNAL DATABASES:
OmniFile Full Text Mega	Opposing Viewpoints

STATISTICS:

National Clearinghouse of Plastic Surgery Statistics

AVAILABLE ONLINE:

CQ Researcher - Cosmetic Surgery

SUGGESTED INTERNET SITES:

American Society of Plastic Surgeons

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