Articles of Interest

Call yourself a cosmetic surgeon? New guidelines fix only half the problem

The public can be forgiven for thinking a person who calls themselves a cosmetic surgeon has surgical qualifications. But this is not the case. Any registered medical practitioner can use the title, even those without any specialist training.

Do We Still Need Journals?

One of the most distinctive parts of science, relative to other fields, is the practice of communicating findings through peer-reviewed journal publications. Why do scientists communicate in this way? As I see it, scientific journals provide three important services to the community:

Resources

Advances in Cosmetic Surgery

Advances in Cosmetic Surgery, a yearly multi-specialty publication, brings you the best current practice from the preeminent practitioners in plastic surgery, facial plastic surgery, cosmetic dermatology, and oculoplastic surgery.

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery is a publication of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and serves as the premier forum for original articles advancing the art of aesthetic plastic surgery.

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Aesthetic Surgery Journal is an award-winning, peer-reviewed, international journal focusing on scientific developments and clinical techniques in aesthetic surgery.

Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine

Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine (formerly, JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery) is a multispecialty journal with a key mission to provide physicians and providers with the most accurate and innovative information in the discipline of facial plastic (reconstructive and cosmetic) interventions.

Journal of Cosmetic Surgery

Journal of Cosmetic Surgery is an open access, peer reviewed journal focused on procedure with alteration or restoration in different parts of body including reconstructive surgery, craniofacial surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, and the treatment of burns. This journal tries to gather important aspects and facts of an optional procedure that is performed on normal parts of the body with the only purpose of improving a person's appearance and removing signs of aging.

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.

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.

The 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.