title: Concepts for the plastic surgeon from art and sculpture.
abstract: The concepts gleaned from the world of artists and sculptors can be profitably used by the plastic surgeon in both aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. Judgment and taste are learned skills; talent is important but not primary.
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D004954:Esthetics; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009903:Optical Illusions; D012613:Sculpture; D013518:Surgery, Plastic