Aesthetic considerations and the pediatric population.
Aesthetic surgery is the natural evolution of reconstructive surgery done to improve a patient's form in addition to function. This becomes especially critical in the pediatric age group in which patients are constantly evolving and their concepts of self-esteem and body image are so fragile.
Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D013518:Surgery, Plastic