title: Cosmetic Medicine: Innovative Beauty Care as Popular Medicine in Days Gone By.
abstract: Throughout the ages, people yearned for beauty and longevity. This article examines how European physicians began to engage with the field of cosmetics over a century ago, thus introducing the category of aesthetics into medical practice. This historical phenomenon is currently repeating itself.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Locher
mesh_terms: D003357:Cosmetic Techniques / Q000266:history; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000266:history*; D003880:Dermatology / Q000266:history*; D004954:Esthetics / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics