The Ethics of Facial Plastic Surgery
A. Nassimizadeh *
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, B15 2WB, UK.
M. Nassimizadeh
Department of Plastic Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, B15 2WB, UK.
S. K. Ahmed
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, B15 2WB, UK.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
In a modern world of aesthesis, the role of surgery is ever broadening and with this healthcare professionals must be in constant vigilance of ethical values. We discuss the role of facial plastic surgery in modern society and the ethical standpoint of the field in the context of aesthetics.
Keywords: Facial plastic, plastic surgery, ethics, identity, principles approach, history, aesthetics, aesthetic surgery.