Flesh Wounds
Subtitle: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: April 4, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780520244733
Subjects: Cosmetic surgery; Sociology; General; Social Science; The Americas; Sociology - General; Beauty & Grooming - General; Surgery - Plastic & Cosmetic; Social Science / Sociology / General; Gender Studies; Americas (North Central South West Indies); Medical / Nursing
First sentence: My first nose job was performed by performed by an otolaryngologist (otherwise know as an ear, nose, and throat doctor) who, in concert with my mother, encouraged me to have surgery.