From Repairing a "Broken Muzzle" to "Sculpting a Face"
Guirimand, Nicolas
From Repairing a "Broken Muzzle" to "Sculpting a Face" - 2005.
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It is just after the First World War, with the repair of facially injured veterans, that a reparative surgery taking the aesthetic aspect into account begins to arise. During the period between the two wars, cosmetic surgery develops in several specialized areas of the medical field (in constructive surgery, orthopedics, ENT) while techniques are being perfected (lifting, rhinoplasty, mammoplasty. . .) that will make it possible for a ??pure' plastic surgery to emerge at the very time a market against aging is developing. If, in its beginnings, plastic surgery must face the competition of endocrinal rejuvenation therapies (monkey testicle and thyroid transplants on man), the discredit falling upon these latter practices in the late 1920's makes way for the former to dominate the market. The number of surgeons doing ??pure' plastic surgery operations grows notably up to the eve of the Second World War, but those devoting themselves entirely to these remain few. Because their practice is not held in great esteem by the majority of surgeons who criticize its futility, those who promote ??pure' cosmetic surgery must strive to justify it in insisting on the social and psychological benefits their patients get from such operations. It is thus that Doctor Raymond Passot will be seen to justify the correction of ??blemishes' in the name of suicide prevention and especially in that of the treatment of neuroses. At the same time Suzanne Noël, as well as enrolling plastic surgery in the feminist struggle, will assign it a social role as a factor facilitating integration and staying power in certain sectors of professional activity.
From Repairing a "Broken Muzzle" to "Sculpting a Face" - 2005.
49
It is just after the First World War, with the repair of facially injured veterans, that a reparative surgery taking the aesthetic aspect into account begins to arise. During the period between the two wars, cosmetic surgery develops in several specialized areas of the medical field (in constructive surgery, orthopedics, ENT) while techniques are being perfected (lifting, rhinoplasty, mammoplasty. . .) that will make it possible for a ??pure' plastic surgery to emerge at the very time a market against aging is developing. If, in its beginnings, plastic surgery must face the competition of endocrinal rejuvenation therapies (monkey testicle and thyroid transplants on man), the discredit falling upon these latter practices in the late 1920's makes way for the former to dominate the market. The number of surgeons doing ??pure' plastic surgery operations grows notably up to the eve of the Second World War, but those devoting themselves entirely to these remain few. Because their practice is not held in great esteem by the majority of surgeons who criticize its futility, those who promote ??pure' cosmetic surgery must strive to justify it in insisting on the social and psychological benefits their patients get from such operations. It is thus that Doctor Raymond Passot will be seen to justify the correction of ??blemishes' in the name of suicide prevention and especially in that of the treatment of neuroses. At the same time Suzanne Noël, as well as enrolling plastic surgery in the feminist struggle, will assign it a social role as a factor facilitating integration and staying power in certain sectors of professional activity.
Réseaux sociaux