Visual Representation of Racial Diversity in Aesthetic Surgery Literature

Aesthetic surgery relies on the complex relationship between science and art to transform the human body and achieve a more appealing form. Additionally, plastic surgery is a highly visual field that relies on visual data in the diagnosis, planning, treatment, evaluation, and follow up of patient surgical outcomes. While there has been increasing focus on equity in medicine, the effect of this on racial representation in the aesthetic plastic surgery literature is unclear.
Source: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery - Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Tags: Correspondence and Communications Source Type: research