title: Artistry in aesthetic surgery. Aesthetic perception and the subunit principle.
abstract: We "see" what we perceive. The visual process of seeing and the psychology of perception are examined. A method of facial reconstruction emphasizing the restoration of subunits to maintain expected contours and landmarks is derived.
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D004954:Esthetics; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic