Changing perceptions of beauty: A surgeon's perspective

Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-193

  Adamson, Peter A ^a,b,c   Zavod, Matthew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beauty; Evolution; Facial plastic surgery; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; EVOLUTION; FACE SURGERY; FEMININITY; MASCULINITY; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; REPRODUCTION; SURGEON; SURVIVAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACE; HUMANS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 33750956441     PISSN: 07366825     EISSN: 10988793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-950176     Document Type: Article

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