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Self-Esteem from a Scalpel: The Ethics of Plastic Surgery

A common thread through most of the plastic surgery literature is the concept of improving self-esteem through the surgical alteration of the physical body. A Web site designed to help you find a plastic surgeon exemplifies this when it claims to know “five reasons why plastic surgery will make you happier.” Reason number one claims that plastic surgery lowers the need for antidepressant medication. Why take medication for your depression when you can treat it by having a surgeon make you more attractive? Reason number four states that “cosmetic surgery can add years to your life and boost your self-esteem.” Who wouldn’t want to look better, have greater self-esteem, and live a longer…

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 Self-Esteem from a Scalpel: The Ethics of Plastic Surgery

The numbers of patients seeking plastic surgery has skyrocketed in the past decade, and this practice has found increasingly uncritical acceptance.

Annals of Plastic Surgery

The only independent journal devoted to general plastic and reconstructive surgery, Annals of Plastic Surgery serves as a forum for current scientific and clinical advances in the field and a sounding board for ideas and perspectives on its future. The journal publishes peer-reviewed original articles, brief communications, case reports, and notes in all areas of interest to the practicing plastic surgeon.

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Comprehensive, state-of-the-art reviews by experts in the field provide current, practical information on the reconstructive and aesthetic surgery. Each issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery focuses on a single topic relevant to your plastic surgery practice, from reconstructive procedures to cosmetic techniques, including skin cancer restoration, breast augmentation, mastopexy, abdominoplasty, facial rejuvenation, and cleft palate surgery.

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

The purpose of Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery is to serve as an international forum for plastic surgery, hand surgery and related research. Interest is focused on original articles on basic research and clinical evaluation.

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery

JPRAS An International Journal of Surgical Reconstruction is one of the world's leading international journals, covering all the reconstructive and aesthetic aspects of plastic surgery. The journal presents the latest surgical procedures with audit and outcome studies of new and established techniques in plastic surgery including: cleft lip and palate and other heads and neck surgery, hand surgery, lower limb trauma, burns, skin cancer, breast surgery and aesthetic surgery.

Modern Plastic Surgery

Modern Plastic Surgery is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement of plastic surgery . The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in plastic surgery related problems.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery® brings subscribers up-to-the-minute reports on the latest techniques and follow-up for all areas of plastic and reconstructive surgery, including breast reconstruction, experimental studies, maxillofacial reconstruction, hand and microsurgery, burn repair, cosmetic surgery, as well as news on medicolegal issues.

Plastic Surgery

The aim of the journal is to be a respected international publication while serving as the major venue for Canadian Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Microsurgery, and Aesthetic Surgery within Canada.

Plastic Surgery International

Plastic Surgery International is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of plastic surgery.

Plastic Surgery Project

Links to plastic surgery journals.

World Journal of Plastic Surgery

The WORLD JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY (WJPS) is an international, English language, peer-reviewed journal dealing with aesthetic, plastic and reconstructive surgery and aesthetic medicine. WJPS aims to publish the highest quality material, both clinical and scientific, on all aspects of aesthetic, plastic and reconstructive surgery. It includes articles related to original and short communication clinical research findings, technical evaluations, reviews, case reports, letter to editor, editorial, opinions and innovations.

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery provides a forum for original articles advancing the art of aesthetic plastic surgery. Many describe surgical craftsmanship; others deal with complications in surgical procedures and methods by which to treat or avoid them. Coverage includes 'second thoughts' on established techniques, which might be abandoned, modified, or improved.

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Aesthetic Surgery Journal is a peer-reviewed international journal focusing on scientific developments and clinical techniques in aesthetic surgery. An official publication of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), ASJ is also the official English-language journal of many major international societies of plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery representing South America, Central America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is also the official journal of The Rhinoplasty Society.

Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine

Provides the most accurate and innovative information in the discipline of facial plastic (reconstructive and cosmetic) interventions

Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics

Practical information on reconstructive and cosmetic surgery to the face, neck, and head.

Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery

Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, official journal of the American Urogynecologic Society, is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to specialists, physicians and allied health professionals concerned with prevention, diagnosis and treatment of female pelvic floor disorders.

HAND

HAND is a peer-reviewed journal that offers articles written by clinicians worldwide, detailing current research and clinical work in the field of hand surgery. It features articles related to all aspects of hand and upper extremity surgery and the post operative care and rehabilitation of the hand. Types of articles published include original articles related to clinical care and basic research; invited book reviews; letters to the editor; correspondence and brief communications; tips, suggestions and comments.

Journal of Hand Surgery

The Journal of Hand Surgery publishes original, peer-reviewed articles related to the diagnosis, treatment, and pathophysiology of diseases and conditions of the upper extremity; these include both clinical and basic science studies, along with case reports.

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

The Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery provides the latest in original research spanning basic laboratory, translational, and clinical investigations. Review papers cover current topics in complex reconstruction and microsurgery. In addition, special sections discuss new technologies, innovations, materials, and significant problem cases.

Open Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery

Open Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery is an Open Access online journal, which publishes research articles, reviews, letters and guest edited single topic issues in all areas of plastic, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, including head and neck, trunk, upper extremity, lower extremity, hand and peripheral nerve, aesthetic, breast, and allo-tissue transplantation surgery.

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery features original articles and reviews on topics such as ptosis, eyelid reconstruction, orbital diagnosis and surgery, lacrimal problems, and eyelid malposition. Update reports on diagnostic techniques, surgical equipment and instrumentation, and medical therapies are included, as well as detailed analyses of recent research findings and their clinical applications.

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (SOARD), The Official Journal of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and the Brazilian Society for Bariatric Surgery, is an international journal devoted to the publication of peer-reviewed manuscripts of the highest quality with objective data regarding techniques for the treatment of severe obesity. Articles document the effects of surgically induced weight loss on obesity physiological, psychiatric and social co-morbidities.

The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

The Official Publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA), The Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Journal is the premiere peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, international journal dedicated to current research on etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in all areas pertaining to craniofacial anomalies. The Journal reports on basic science and clinical research aimed at better elucidating the pathogenesis, pathology, and optimal methods of treatment of cleft and craniofacial anomalies.

The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery serves as a forum of communication for all those involved in craniofacial and maxillofacial surgery. Coverage ranges from practical aspects of craniofacial surgery to the basic science that underlies surgical practice. The journal publishes original articles, scientific reviews, editorials and invited commentary, abstracts and selected articles from international journals, and occasional international bibliographies in craniofacial surgery.

American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery

The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery (AJCS) is the official publication of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery and is published quarterly in both print and online formats. The Journal features state-of-the-art cosmetic surgery procedures, topics and breakthroughs, all are written by distinguished experts in their respective fields.

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

The European Journal of Plastic Surgery creates a focal point for the input of new advances in clinical techniques and in research. It thus becomes an educational vehicle. In addition to this, the journal provides information on what is going on elsewhere in the world, and it is also willing to accept contributions from outside of Europe.

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery (ISSN : 0970-0358) is 3 Issues publication of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India.