Aesthetic Surgery

by Angelika Taschen (Editor)

From liposuction to lip implants, this book explores all the ins and outs of body sculpting, focusing on the artistry of aesthetic surgery and the extremes to which people go to ?improve? their looks. Topics include: ? History of aesthetic surgery (with unpublished medical photos!) ? Ethnicity and aesthetic surgery ? Surgery in movies ? Spotlight on Ivo Pitanguy, the ?Michelangelo of the scalpel? ? Interviews with the world's most famous aesthetic surgeons ? Before and after photos of transformed body parts, from the top of the head to the tips of the toes ? Caricatures and jokes about aesthetic surgery ? Bibliography including links to plastic surgery websites

Genres: Nonfiction, Art

480 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Olga Lukinskaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Трудно оценивать. Работа колоссальная, иллюстрации восхитительные, очень интересно про историю хирургии и восприятия красоты (сын сказал «что это за книжка такая, там скульптуры Микеланджело?!»). С другой стороны, всё практическое за 19 лет чудовищно устарело. Две операции, которые широко практикуются и которые я планирую делать у очень опытных врачей, вообще не упомянуты — судя по всему, в 2005 их ещё не делали. Но конечно, это не учебник. Книга очень красивая, а подарить ли её хорошему хирургу? Вопрос.

[Geoffrey Rhodes]

Considering what Bernadette and I went through researching for the documentary, this is a very impressive collection of eclectic materials on the subject, with a particularly art-bent, and a curious section on actual surgical practices. I think in 30 years, it will be a very curious artifact of this decade.

[Muffy Kroha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Melody gave this to me for Christmas one year- It will make you SCREAM, there is so much gross shit in here!!!!! Leave it on the coffee table- It is a great ice breaker at parties- Open to any page and react as comes naturally- Every one will want to know what happened to you!!!!

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

This covered a range of topics, from the history of aesthetic surgery to interviews with top surgeons, and more factual descriptions of what each type of surgery entails to the weakest sections, which were the jokes and quotes, some of which were just lifted from the interviews earlier in the book.

The history was actually very well done and made the somewhat lazier jokes section an even bigger contrast, as it touched upon the reasons for surgery, the social consequences, and recent (at time of publication) trends, including the prevalence of male surgery historically. The interviews section was surprisingly varied and the same questions ellicited multiple different perspectives, although I felt some of them were much more honest about their work, those that admitted the visual change was the point in itself, and not merely a vehicle to improve the patient's happiness. Sadly, none of them went for a 'Claire from work'-type answer to the most beautiful women, opting instead for their wives for the most part.

The most disappointing part of this was seeing the effects of an early facelift, and how much better the 'after' photograph looked. It could have done with more honest before/after photos with the women wearing the same hair and make-up for a true comparison for many of the shots, and I'm not quite sure what this book was. The serious sections on surgery and safety didn't really fit with the more photo-centric earlier sections, while the jokes and quote sections were incredibly weak. It was really saved by the history essays.

[Sghulamss]

thanks

[Scarlet]

This is my bible. It's fantastic.