Facial Plast Surg 2016; 32(03): 245-252
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1583852
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Cosmetic Medicine: Innovative Beauty Care as Popular Medicine in Days Gone By

Wolfgang G. Locher
1   Institute of Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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Publication Date:
01 June 2016 (online)

Abstract

Throughout the ages, people yearned for beauty and longevity. This article examines how European physicians began to engage with the field of cosmetics over a century ago, thus introducing the category of aesthetics into medical practice. This historical phenomenon is currently repeating itself.