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The ultimate guide to aesthetic surgery from world famous aesthetic surgeon Foad Nahai

The Art of Aesthetic Surgery: Principles and Techniques, Third Edition: Fundamentals and Minimally Invasive Surgery - Volume 1 by internationally revered aesthetic surgeon Foad Nahai, distinguished section editors Farzad Nahai, W. Grant Stevens, and Jeffrey Kenkel, and an array of new contributors is part of an encyclopedic, three-volume masterwork. Considered the quintessential resource on cosmetic surgery since its inception, readers can purchase each volume separately or as a set, including a bonus e-book with access to online videos.

Volume one includes six sections and 39 chapters featuring practice fundamentals, business basics, nonsurgical cosmetic treatments, hair transplantation, brow lift, and eyelid surgery. The non-cosmetic section has been substantially updated with new topics such as a scientific approach to cosmeceuticals, non-light-based skin resurfacing, and innovative treatments for the face and neck. New business basic chapters include a philosophical discussion of why to offer aesthetic medicine in an aesthetic surgery practice and evidence-based pricing strategies that work.

Key Highlights

Thousands of high-quality illustrations enhance understanding of state-of-the-art approaches
Discussion of important topics including psychological considerations, patient safety, sedation and anesthesia
Practice management topics such as optimal correction and patient retention, leveraging social media for marketing, and how to hire and train a superstar patient coordinator

This critically acclaimed resource provides trainees and experienced practitioners with a solid foundation for learning basic principles and techniques in aesthetic surgery, with the ultimate goal of improving patient outcomes, developing innovations, and advancing the specialty.

This book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.

Contents:

VOLUME 1

Part I Fundamentals

1 The Patient

2 Psychological Considerations in Aesthetic Surgery

3 Photographic Essentials in Aesthetic Surgery

4 Patient Safety in Aesthetic Surgery

5 Sedation and Anesthesia for Aesthetic Surgery

Part II Business Basics

6 Why Offer Aesthetic Medicine in an Aesthetic Surgical Practice?

7 Optimal Correction and Patient Retention: A Personal Philosophical and Practical Approach to Your Nonsurgical Practice

8 The Spa and the Law

9 Social Media

10 Hiring and Training a Superstar Patient-Care Coordinator

11 Evidence-Based Pricing Strategies That Work

Part III Nonsurgical Cosmetic Treatments

12 Clinical Decision Making for Nonsurgical Cosmetic Treatments

13 Over-the-Counter Skin Care and Nutraceutical Basics for the Aesthetic Surgeon

14 A Scientific Approach to Cosmeceuticals

15 Botulinum Toxin Injection for Facial Rejuvenation

16 Soft-Tissue Fillers

17 Non-Light-Based Skin Resurfacing

18 Chemical Peels

19 Lasers and Light-Based Devices in Plastic Surgery

20 Sclerotherapy and Laser Vein Treatment

21 Nonsurgical Treatment of the Face and Neck

Part IV Hair Transplantation

22 Applied Anatomy in Hair Transplantation

23 Clinical Decision Making in Hair Transplantation

24 Hair Transplantation: Follicular Unit Micrografting and Minigrafting-Current Techniques and Future Directions

25 Reoperation, Refinement, and Treatment of Complications after Hair Transplantation

Part V Brow Lift

26 Clinical Decision Making in Brow Lift: Brow Rejuvenation

27 Temporal Brow Lift

28 Endoscopic Brow Lift

29 Endoscopic Brow Lift: My Personal Approach

30 Other Approaches to Brow Lift

Part VI Eyelid Surgery

31 Eyelid and Periorbital Anatomy

32 Clinical Decision Making in Aesthetic Eyelid Surgery

33 Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty

34 Upper Blepharoplasty in the Asian Patient

35 Ptosis Surgery in the Blepharoplasty Patient

36 Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty

37 Transconjunctival Blepharoplasty

38 The Lower Eyelid Pinch Blepharoplasty

39 Avoidance and Treatment of Complications of Aesthetic Eyelid Surgery