The term 'face'
is sometimes used as a synonym for face lifting. Over 50 %
of all cosmetic surgeries are facial corrections. The demands and
expectations of an increasingly aging population are rapidly
changing:60-year olds are still leading highly active lives, not only on a
private level. They also remain active in their professional and public
lives. Plastic surgeons have developed a new idea of the face: The face is
now looked at as a three-dimensional mosaic with five different levels and
four deep layers. Numerous techniques are available to help improve the
arrangement of the pieces within the mosaic. A combination of various
techniques can reduce the aggressiveness of every single method. We can
achieve more sustainable, harmonic results while also reducing the
potential for risks and complications. It is certainly OUT to pull
mask-like, mimic-less wind channel faces over the original face. More
attention is being paid to the volume of facial structures. Our patients
want to look better, not different. IN is facial harmony. Changing
concepts in facial rejuvenation procedures are the subject of this
edition's cover story.
Betterment
is what we all aim at. The editors of "Aesthetic News" are
thus happy about feedback expressing
widespread approval -as well as
about constructive criticism. We are flattered by every positive response
which encourages us to continue. Negative criticism, however, can sometimes
be even more valuable because it shows us how we can improve our newsletter.
We have asked our colleagues for feedback, and we asked the media pros:
journalists and editors. A "Stern"-magazine reporter and a "Focus"-magazine
reporter helped us with their highly valuable expertise, analysis and
advise. In our future work we will make an effort to put their advice -
which, unfortunately, we are not allowed to print - into practice. We will
however publish the thorough analysis by the London Times
Germany-correspondent, Roger Boyes. We are extremely grateful for his
efforts. Our pilot edition had its faults indeed: we can only get better.
The level of competence
within our team is rising: The "Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Ästhetisch-Plastische Chirurgie" (DGÄPC,the German Society for Aesthetic
Plastic Surgery),the oldest
expert
society in Germany, founded in 1972,declared our journal as their official
medium. And we are proud to announce that another "heavyweight" joined our
editorial Board: Peter Bela Fodor, currently president at the American
Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), as far as we know the world's
oldest, biggest and most renowned professional association. Due to the
current responsibilities related to his presidency, we do not expect too
much activity from him in the course of the coming year. Our hopes - based
on his support for our pilot edition - focus on the time after his
presidency.
Addicted to
media
are
predominantly some of our young colleagues who have set up their own
business only recently. They believe that the only way to achieve
professional success and to secure the survival of their clinics and
practices, was via the media. Ethical boundaries can easily be crossed. Even
less tolerable however are well-established surgeons who fling themselves
into the spotlight. Learn more about this subject -in this edition.
"Art
is
what we are unable to perform - if we are able to perform it, it is no
longer art," was carved into a wooden desk by an apparently despairing
student from Magdeburg in 1936.We have recently witnessed a new trend which
comes from the outside world to aesthetic plastic surgery: a connection to
art. As plastic surgery professionals we have always had our eyes on art.
While we learned our operative techniques from our surgery teachers at
school, our training in anthropometric measurements came from artists like
Phidias, Michelangelo, Leonardo etc. In fact, the aim for perfection in
anthropometrics is often neglected, if not missing, in medical science
curricula at university. Surgeons need to acquire those skills after
receiving their university degrees.
Many
plastic surgeons pursue an artistic hobby: painting, sculpture, music
...Most of us pay regular visits to galleries, museums, exhibitions. Artists
often invite us to their studios. Those invitations are always welcome
opportunities for us to discuss our points of view and our problems, and to
profit from each others thoughts.
The ASAPS
magazine "Aesthetic Journal" always publishes a work of art (oil, water
colour, acryl) on their cover page, preferably one by a member of their
society, a plastic surgeon. More and more artists ask our opinion on "Carnal
Art", "Anthropo-Design" ,the "Mystery of Beauty", or the future of beauty in
general. Since many of us see themselves as artists, we welcome this new
trend. Chances are that we will receive an increasing number of invitations
to give lectures at museums, art schools and academies. This will be our
path into the temple of the arts. It was Hippocrates who claimed that "the
art of healing is the noblest of all art forms".
Sincerely
yours
Ihr Dimitri Panfilov
