Drs Rohrich, Sinno, and Afrooz provide a useful, richly illustrated yet succinct book that earns a well-deserved place on the bookshelf of plastic surgeons, facial plastic surgeons, cosmetic dermatologists, and dermatologic surgeons around the world. There are many cosmetic surgery books available; however, this one sets itself apart with its elegance, finesse, and comprehensiveness.
The book includes a broad and dizzying array of chapters (93 in all), ranging in subjects from procedures that are frequently performed by dermatologists (fillers, neurotoxins, fat grafting, peels, and resurfacing) to those that are perhaps addressed only rarely (breast reduction and revision rhinoplasty). The chapter format is standardized, with each chapter including preoperative planning; operative steps; and, of course, photographs, illustrations, and videos for key components of the techniques.
The authors chose to consciously eschew the traditional lengthy narrative approach to surgical texts, opting instead for bullet points that highlight key steps and concepts. This is a welcome change and is likely a trend that will be emulated by others in the future.
The book also includes access to Thieme’s excellent MedOne video platform that includes a fully searchable ebook version of the text (useful and comfortably readable on both mobile devices and computers) and links to the chapter videos.
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Key words: cosmetic dermatology; dermatologic surgery; education; facial plastic surgery; plastic surgery.