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Feminism and Cosmetic Medicine
Aesthetic Medicine Dr Emmaline Ashley Aesthetic Medicine Dr Emmaline Ashley

Feminism and Cosmetic Medicine

Are feminism and cosmetic medicine mutually exclusive concepts? Does having an interest in aesthetics involve tangling ourselves into knots to try reconcile two fundamentally opposed ideas? Are we shrinking ourselves to match society’s concepts of beauty and youth because (somehow) we don’t know any better?

I’m going to say the answer is, “No.”

Now let’s look at why.

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Cleopatra Metrodora: The First Female Cosmetic Surgeon in the Ancient World
Medical History, Plastic Surgery, Aesthetic Medicine Dr Emmaline Ashley Medical History, Plastic Surgery, Aesthetic Medicine Dr Emmaline Ashley

Cleopatra Metrodora: The First Female Cosmetic Surgeon in the Ancient World

Cleopatra Metrodora is an incredible and fascinating figure from the ancient world: an example of one of the first ever female physicians in a time where men absolutely dominated the scientific and medical landscape.

While she focused her surgical procedures on women’s health issues, mostly in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, she also pioneered the first documented instances of cosmetic surgery in women.

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