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Cosmetic Dermatology
No Apologies, a Few Regrets
Richard G. Glogau, MD
From the Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco.
Arch Dermatol. 1998;134:1204-1206.
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To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr,
to Julia Ward Howe on her 70th birthday
BEFORE RESPONDING to Ringel's1 article, let me begin by saying that arguing morality is as precarious an enterprise as discoursing on religion, politics, or someone else's children. I am not sure one ever really starts on even ground.
While I agree with the need for discussion on the ethical aspects of cosmetic dermatologic surgery, I would not argue that the main reason to hold such a discussion is to dispel the notion that this branch of our specialty is somehow tainted, frivolous, and immoral. Rather, I would hope to make the argument that the specialty has a primary responsibility to the public and organized medicine to oversee the diagnosis and treatment of conditions pertaining to the . . . [Full Text of this Article] AGING IS NOT AN ILLNESS, BUT PHOTOAGING IS A PATHOLOGICAL CONDITION
AGING IS NOT A MENTAL ILLNESS, BUT APPEARANCE CAN BE A CAUSE OF STRESS
COSMETIC SURGERY IS NOT BASED ON A CONTRACTUAL MODEL BUT A PROFESSIONAL ONE
THE 3 REAL PROBLEMS WITH COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY
Where Is the Peer Review in Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgery? What Is the Proper Method to Introduce New Technology Into Dermatologic Surgery? What Is the Ethical Relationship Between Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgery and Advertising?
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