Medical aesthetics – Current trends and a review of its applications

Abstract

Medical aesthetics is the use of a procedure or product for a therapeutic indication which is conventionally used for aesthetics. Several medical conditions are now being treated with products, procedures or equipment that are conventionally used for aesthetic indications. This has widened the scope of treatment modalities available for dermatologists to treat various indications that fall outside the purview of aesthetic dermatology. The authors present aesthetic treatment modalities and procedures which can be used for medical aesthetics, their present-day status and usefulness in field of therapeutics with a review of published literature from “Medline” (via “PubMed”), “Cochrane,” the Virtual Health Library, and Google Scholar.

Assessment of motivation for using aesthetic medicine procedures and post-treatment satisfaction

“…Aesthetic medicine is developing very quickly, often using combined techniques. Knowledge of anatomy and the products on which you work is necessary to safely perform the procedures [5]. What is more, patient satisfaction is an important factor for successful therapy [6].…”