Manual of Aesthetic Surgery 1 (With DVD Video) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is attractive at first sight with it's glossy paper and high quality drawings. But the book missed out on the most important thing for a book: essence. It sets a goal to educate the non-professionals, i.e., the surgeons who are not in the aesthetic surgery business yet. But the techniques described, except for the upper blepharoplasty and the adjuvant therapies, could never be copied by a non-specialty trained surgeon. In other words, the book missed both the professionals and the wannabes.

Additionally, the author failed to point out the complications, pitfalls, complexities, and difficulties of the procedures. It's like this text itself is a big trap for "novice" aesthetic surgeons to jump in. A responsible educator would have adopted a more responsible approach.

The author wants to standardize the aesthetic procedures for the world, yet he presents only the procedures carrying his own name, the "Mang Method". It's a test of the tolerance of the internatonal aesthetic surgery society indeed.

The included DVD is in Zone II format which means that it cannot be played in a DVD machine with the US Format.

The book may be a commercial success, but it failed in serving its real purpose--teaching.

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Product Description:
This operative manual in two volumes with accompanying CD-ROMs focuses on the 10 most important and frequent operative procedures in aesthetic plastic surgery. Techniques are displayed in a step-by-step manner with instructive drawings and pre- and post-operative photographs and only as much text as is absolutely necessary to support the illustrations. Each operative procedure is also made available in a short video on the CD-ROM accompanying the book. The book and CD-ROMs will enable the user to easily figure out the most appropriate technique, the tricks and pitfalls and eventual complication management for each indication. The manual will cover operative procedures in the fields of: Rhinoplasty, eyelid correction, laser surgery, liposuction, face lift, injectable implants, breast surgery, peeling.