A Brief History of Cosmetic Surgery

Rogers, Blair O.

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“…According to her student, Regnault, Noel was a versatile surgeon who performed many different and often quite bold interventions -reshaping the breasts, slimming the abdomen and arms, excising fat from the legs and or eliminating wrinkles in the hand by injecting a sclerosing solution into the blood vessels. Although she is credited with initiating the Biesenburger method of mammoplasty in France, it is her technique of facelifting, in particular the 'petite operation' or 'mini-lift', for which she continues to be known today (see, for example, Stephenson, 1970;Rogers, 1971;Gonzalez-Ulloa, 1985).…”

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“…She was the first woman in France to become the president of a medical society -that of aesthetic morphobiology. Her name is included in most historical accounts of modern cosmetic surgery where she is referred to as 'the world's first famous female cosmetic plastic surgeon' (Rogers, 1971).…”

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“…Although these surgeons were not taken seriously by the established medical professionals, they developed many of the techniques which were employed and continue to be employed by cosmetic surgeons today. Rogers (1971) argues that many of these early pioneers, in fact, showed great inventiveness and foresight, but were mistakenly 'brushed aside or ignored' by their surgical contemporaries.…”

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“…Her book not only served to sum up and document several decades of work in the newlyemerging field of cosmetic surgery, but became the standard text on cosmetic surgery for many years afterwards. According to Rogers (1971), Noel's book marked the end of the 'pioneering period' of cosmetic surgery and that since then, surgeons have only been concerned with 'technical variations and improvements in the operations of their predecessors' (p. 266).…”

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“…In fact, it was highly popular at the tum of the century and, to my surprise, one of the pioneers was a woman -a French surgeon, known to her colleagues as Madame Noel (Figure 1). She practiced during the period that cosmetic surgery was becoming a respectable branch of medicine and wrote one of the first medical handbooks about cosmetic surgery in 1926, thereby laying the groundwork for the profession as we know it today (Rogers, 1971). Madame Noel was not only a cosmetic surgeon, however.…”

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Cosmetic Surgery in a Different Voice: The Case of Madame Noël

Davis¹

2007

Am J Cosmet Surg

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Cosmetic surgery emerged at the end of the 19th century in the U.S. and Europe. Like most branches of surgery, it is a ‘masculine’ medical specialty, both numerically and in terms of professional ‘ethos’. Given the role cosmetic surgery – and, more generally, the feminine beauty system – play in the disciplining and inferiorization of women's bodies, a feminist cosmetic surgeon would seem to be a contradiction in terms. It is hard to imagine how cosmetic surgery might be practiced in a way which is not, by definition, disempowering or demeaning to women. In this paper, I explore the unlikely combination of feminist cosmetic surgeon, using one of the pioneers of cosmetic surgery, Dr. Suzanne Noël, as an example. She was the first and most famous woman to practice cosmetic surgery, working in France at the beginning of this century. She was also an active feminist. Based on an analysis of the handbook she wrote in 1926, La Chirurgie Esthétique, Son Rôle Social in which she describes her views about her profession, her techniques and procedures, and the results of her operations, I tackle the question of whether Noël's approach might be regarded as a ‘feminine’ or even feminist way of doing cosmetic surgery – in short, an instance of surgery in ‘a different voice’. “The primary requisite for a good surgeon is to be a man – a man of courage.” Edmund Andrews. (1861). The Surgeon. Chicago Medical Examiner “Surgery involves bodies – those of surgeons as well as of patients … What does it mean when the body of the surgeon – the intrusive gazer, the violator, the recipient of sensory assaults – is that of a woman?” Joan Cassell. (1998). The Surgeon in the Woman's Body

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Cosmetic Surgery in a Different Voice: The Case of Madame Noël

Davis¹

2007

Am J Cosmet Surg

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Blepharoplasty: Indications and Preoperative Assessment

Holt

Holt²

1985

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

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\s=b\Before performing a blepharoplasty, the surgeon must completely evaluate the patient to ascertain the proper diagnosis and indication for surgery and to identify any potentially complicating factors. The anatomy and physiology of the eyelids and lacrimal system must be understood in detail. A complete ophthalmologic examination should be performed to document preoperative decreased visual acuity or limited visual fields. The prevention of complications and the satisfaction of the patient are the goals of the blepharoplasty procedure. These require accurate assessment, proper preoperative diagnosis, and meticulous surgical technique. (Arch Otolaryngol 1985;111:394-397) As blepharoplasty becomes an -t\. increasingly performed facial plastic surgical procedure, it becomes important to review the preoperative assessment of the potential blepharo¬ plasty patient with respect to the proper indications for the procedure and the identification of conditions that could predispose to complica¬ tions. While the complication of blind¬ ness is foremost in the mind of the surgeon, other complications, which are less serious but occur with a high¬ er incidence, can produce an unsuc¬ cessful result and an unhappy patient. Tantamount to obtaining a good sur¬ gical result is the proper selection of the patient who has the appropriate pathology that can be corrected by a blepharoplasty. Conversely, the sur¬ geon must be cognizant of certain physical findings of the eyelids and

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Rhytidoplasty

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Bond²

2012

Cosmesis of the Mouth, Face and Jaws

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A Brief History of Cosmetic Surgery

Cited by 27 publications

References 9 publications

Cosmetic Surgery in a Different Voice: The Case of Madame Noël

Cosmetic Surgery in a Different Voice: The Case of Madame Noël

Blepharoplasty: Indications and Preoperative Assessment

Rhytidoplasty

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