Table of Contents
I General Section
What Do the Terms Plastic and Aesthetic Mean? Definition of Terms
A Brief History of Plastic Surgery
Ethical Aspects in Plastic Surgery
Frequently Asked Questions
The Commonest Operations
Adverse Reactions after Surgery
The Ideal Patient
Emotional Strain and its Relief
The Ideal Surgeon
How to Find a Good Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon
The First Consultation
Planning and Preparation for the Operation
The Surgeon's Tools
Radiofrequency Surgery as Refinement in Aesthetic Surgery
Pain and its Alleviation
Clinic Stay and Aftercare
Very Fine Scars
What Will it Cost?
What if Something Goes Wrong?
Reasons for a Disappointing Result
II Aesthetic Plastic Operations
A Pleasing Face—Facial Expression and Physiognomy
Ageing—Its Causes, Traces, and Limitations
Anti-ageing: Vitality Means Attractiveness
Lines and Wrinkles and Fourteen Ways to Get Rid of Them
Face Lifting and Ten Further Procedures for Face and Neck Lifting
For the "Tired Eye" Look—Eyelid Lifting
Nose Corrections (Rhinoplasty)
Profiloplasty
Lip Surgery
Correction of Prominent Ears (Otoplasty)
The Fairer and Stronger Sex
The Man as a Patient
Strictly Masculine Problems
When that Head of Hair Starts to Recede
Laser Depilation
Operations of the Fatty Tissue
Corrections of the Breast
Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck)
Corrections of the Arms and Legs
III Plastic Surgery
Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery of Congenital Malformations
Part IV The World and Values of the Surgeon
The Warmth of the Human Look
The Ward Round
The Night before the Operation
Surgical Hand and "Brain Washing"
In the Temple of the "Religion of Surgery"
A Little OP Music
Put on a Friendly Face
The Patient as a Partner
Smiles in the Patient's Room
The First Dressing Change
The Surgeon's Energy and Fear
All Surgeons Want to Cure Their Patients
Surgical Miracle
Beauty is the Promise of Happiness
V The Complex Phenomenon of Beauty
The Seducer from the Savannah
Body Language, Sexuality, and Semiotics
Making the Invisible Beautiful—Cosmetics and Fashion
The Love Potion Amorine
Ever-Present Eroticism
Mythology of Everyday Life
Justice and Injustice
The Power of the Media
The Satisfied and the Dissatisfied
Human Suffering and "Psychosurgery"
Spirits and Gods
Goodness, Beauty and Truth
Some Spiritual Fragrant Flowers
Poetry
