title: Complementary and integrative treatments: facial cosmetic enhancement.
abstract: Complementary and integrative medicine is particularly popular among patients undergoing facial cosmetic enhancement. This article reviews the efficacy of the most commonly practiced integrative therapies among this surgical population, with a focus on the most current literature regarding the application or potential for application of these treatments to benefit patients undergoing facial aesthetic surgery. Adverse effects of the most popular herbal and dietary supplements are also reviewed. Finally, the potential for interaction among integrative treatments as well as with conventional pharmacologic therapy is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: Edmund A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Pribitkin
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D055048:Integrative Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome