Better sex from the knife? An intimate look at the effects of cosmetic surgery on sexual practices

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-17

  Stofman, Guy M ^a,b   Neavin, Timothy S ^b   Ramineni, Praful M ^b   Alford, Aaron ^a  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST SURGERY; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EYEBROW; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; ORGASM; POSTAL MAIL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 33144456540     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asj.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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