title: Art and Plastic Surgery.
abstract: The roots of science and art of plastic surgery are very antique. Anatomy, drawing, painting, and sculpting have been very important to the surgery and medicine development over the centuries. Artistic skills besides shape, volume, and lines perception can be a practical aid to the plastic surgeons' daily work. An overview about the interactions between art and plastic surgery is presented, with a few applications to rhinoplasty, cleft lip, and other reconstructive plastic surgeries.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Division, Universidade Positivo Medical School, FBCS, FBSPS, AMISAPS, Av. Getulio Vargas 2079, Curitiba, PR, 80250-180, Brazil. cirurgiaplasticajwf@uol.com.br.
authors.forename: Julio Wilson
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.|Department of Applied Anatomy, Center of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Metka
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000592:standards
keywords: Aesthetics; Plastic surgery; Plastic surgery history; Surgery art