Aesthetic medicine, together with Cosmetic Dermatology, is today a new medicai disci pline which is widely represented and legally recognized within the Chinese territory. " lt is the new science which concems itself with the role played by beauty in nature far a better I ife'', as was stated by Professor Peng Qing Xing, in his role as Chairman, at the opening of the 2nd World Congress on Aesth...

Gamze Bektas, MD, Anı Cinpolat, MD, Polat Bicici, MD, Kerim Unal, MD, and O. Koray Coskunfirat, MD aDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Tatvan State Hospital, Bitlis, Turkey; bDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey; and cDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Akdeniz U...

keywordS carbon dioxide injections, collagen, lipolysis, dermal regeneration abSTraCT Carbon dioxide therapy is an area of aesthetic practice that has been relatively under-researched, yet widely used. However, those studies that have examined this technique have demonstrated that it improves skin elasticity, circulation and the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, aids collagen repair, and d...

Aesthetic plastic surgery is a branch of medicine using surgical techniques to alter the appearance of patients. In this paper it is considered whether aesthetic plastic surgery should be viewed as an art form. The question is answered by trying to see how aesthetic plastic surgery fits a number of classical concepts in philosophical aesthetics, concepts such as “artist” and “work of art”. Furt...

Emre Güvercin1, Gökhan Temiz1, Çağrı Çakmakoğlu1, Nebil Yeşiloğlu1, Gökhan Faydacı2, Gaye Taylan Filinte1, Mehmet Bozkurt1, Tayfun Aköz3 1Clinic of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 2Clinic of Urology, Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 3Department of Plastic, Reconstructi...