Plastic Surgery, Body Image and the Blind

A graphic sequence reproduced with permission from the Apple Daily Newspaper, Hong Kong. See text for details.

Aesthetic principles are the foundation of both Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery. Reconstructive surgery begins, however with abnormality and aims to restore normality. Cosmetic Surgery begins with normality and aims to enhance and redefine normality.

The difference between the sighted and the blind feedback in the assessment of deformity.

(a-d) See details in text. This could be described as a ‘work in progress, never finished’. The patient expressed satisfaction with the ‘feel’ of the nose and forehead but whilst accommodating to blindness could not accept the loss of the eyes.

A wedding picture.