RT Journal
T1 DIe ästhetische chirurgie und ihre soziale bedeutung.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1932
FD June 11
VO 98
IS 24
SP 2161
OP 2161
DO 10.1001/jama.1932.02730500127033
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1932.02730500127033
AB This translation is of a presentation by Dr. Noel of her work devoted frankly to eradication of conditions impairing the esthetic values occasioned by skin laxity, puffiness of the lids and kindred phenomena. The selection is of a kind to minimize the element of reparative surgery and to constitute a frank advance to or over the borderline. Granted that there is a case to be made for those who have sound reasons in economic status or in mental suffering justifying such procedures, the deliberate standardizing of mere beauty procedures leaves something to be desired. Decisions should be individual rather than generic, exceptional rather than collective. Moreever, even ignoring the ethical objection, the methods here disclosed indicate a lack of thorough knowledge of the nature and relation of the facial tissues; and the indicated procedures themselves convey the same message.