Although special interest group Public Citizen petitioned the FDA for a black box warning label for Botox, patient reaction was barely perceptible — why?

There were myriad factors in my decision nineteen years ago to pursue further training in cosmetic surgery after a decade in head and neck surgical oncology and reconstruction. I can't believe the pathway is entirely foreign to readers of this magazine since so many of us have come to cosmetic surgery from other surgical specialties. But in my deliberations, one of the aspects I was most reluctant to part with, and was most apprehensive about missing, was simply 'doctoring' my patients.

In other cultures and times, people enhanced their physical appeal through body piercings, scarification, lip rings and earrings. In our culture today, what is "ideal beauty"?

A veteran Ob-Gyn, who also performs cosmetic procedures, shares his view on the emerging role of the Ob-Gyn in the aesthetic field.

Winter mornings are beautiful in Vietnam. I am here working on a public health project in support of the region's militaries.