Aesthetic Surgery

Description: Skin deep Do you ever find yourself wondering, "Has she had work done?" Do you flip through supermarket tabloids to see who's the latest star to have gone under the knife? Do you secretly adore before and after photos? Well, let's face it, who doesn't? We all have a fascination for body transformations, and while a job well-done is always impressive, even more stunning are the plethora of obvious boob jobs, botched face lifts, and overdone botox foreheads that are in evidence in the world today. In places like Hollywood, the mystery isn't who's had work done, but who hasn't. Indeed, aesthetic surgery is more common than most would like to admit; those who have been to the world's best surgeons can get away with lying about it, while others have the evidence written all over their faces. From liposuction to lip implants, this book explores all the ins and outs of body sculpting, focusing on the artistry of aesthetic surgery and the extremes to which people go to "improve" their looks. Topics include; History of aesthetic surgery (with unpublished medical photos! Ethnicity and aesthetic surgery; Surgery in movies; Spotlight on Ivo Pitanguy, the "Michelangelo of the scalpel"; Interviews with the world's most famous aesthetic surgeons; Before and after photos of transformed body parts, from the top of the head to the tips of the toes; Caricatures and jokes about aesthetic surgery; Bibliography including links to plastic surgery websites

BEAUTY AND BEAUTY SURGERY
Preface by Angelika Taschen, Berlin
BEAUTY IN ART
compiled by Angelika Taschen, Berlin
THE ASTONISHING HISTORY OF AESTHETIC SURGERY
Text by Sander L. Gilman, Chicago
ETHNICITY AND AESTHETIC SURGERY
Text by Sander L. Gilman, Chicago
PLASTIC SURGERY IN THE MOVIES
Text by Juergen Mueller, Dresden
THE MICHELANGELO OF THE SCALPEL: IVO PITANGUY
Text by Eva Karcher, Munich
THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS AESTHETIC SURGEONS
Dai M. Davies, London
Serdar Eren, Cologne
Werner L. Mang, Lindau/Munich
Hans-Leo Nathrath, Munich
Bernard Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris
Christoph Wolfensberger, Zurich
Javier de Benito, Barcelona
Ismail Kuran, Istanbul
Alaa El Din Gheita, Cairo
Ali Al-Numairy, Dubai
Steven M. Hoefflin, Santa Monica
Gary J. Alter, Los Angeles
Alan M. Engler, New York
Gerald H. Pitman, New York
Juarez Avelar, Sao Paolo
Jorge Herrera, Buenos Aires
Woffles Wu, Singapore
Keizo Fukuta, Tokyo
Interviews by Eva Karcher, Munich and Richard Rushfield, Los Angeles
STATEMENTS BY THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS AESTHETIC SURGEONS
About Beauty
About Aging
About Sex
METHODES AND TECHNIQUES A-Z
Text by Eva Karcher, Munich
Collaboration and Photos by Prof. Dr. Dr. Werner L. Mang, Lindau/Munich
In collaboration with Dr. Stefan Duve, Munich; Dr. Thomas Klosterhalfen, Munich; Dr. Ulrich K. Kesselring, Lausanne; Dr. Christoph Wolfensberger, Zurich Illustrations by Blue Brain Belgium
JOKES AND CARICATURES
compiled by Nannette Buehl, Paris
APPENDIX
Bibliography on Aesthetic Surgery
Websites for Plastic Surgery
Aesthetic Surgeons' Biographies and Addresses