In Your Face. The Hidden History of Plastic Surgery and Why Looks Matter

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2013
Edition: First Edition

Description: 228 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: We humans have been modifying our faces for centuriesfrom medieval face-pulling competitions (often fatal) and criminal punishment in ancient India (rhinokopia), to post-war reconstructive surgery and contemporary cosmetic surgery. But what is it that compels us to go "under the knife" Is it simply the pursuit of beauty, or is it a deeper drive for survival And why, with all our advances in medical science, does some plastic surgery look so bad You can open any womens magazine and find at least one article showing some celebritys cosmetic surgery gone wrong, often resulting in that familiar and laughable but tragic "wind tunnel" face. The truth is that kind of look is not really plastic surgery at allits cosmetic surgery done by underqualified practitioners using outdated techniques. It shouldnt happen. This book shows you why and how. In the tradition of The Brain that Changes Itself ; Guns, Germs & Steel ; Salt ; and Orchid Fever , this lively exploration of the history and science of plastic surgery looks at 500 years of the facewhat we do to it, what it means for us, and what the future holds.

ISBN: 9781742701233