Beauty By Design

About the Book

We are fortunate to live in a golden age of healthcare. A wonderful array of technological and medical advances can keep us alive for many more years than in the past. For many, though, it is not enough just to add years of life. We need to be both productive during those added years and capable of competing with younger people in the workplace. We have to develop a sense of well-being and satisfy our own individual ideals of physical appearance. Ideally, we are not excessively vain and are satisfied with our appearance. It is, however, understandable to develop an interest in maintaining and improving our external physical appearance while developing an internal equanimity. It is to these seekers that we dedicate this book.

About the Author

About the Authors MALCOLM W. MARKS is a board-certified Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon practicing in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. After graduation from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, he attended medical school in New Orleans, Louisiana and completed his general surgical training at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. After completing his plastic surgery residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, he was a member of the plastic surgery department at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans and later at the University of Michigan. Dr. Marks is currently Professor and Chairman of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and Attending Surgeon at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Marks has been board-certified as a Plastic Surgeon, General Surgeon, and Hand Surgeon. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and holds membership in the American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, and the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons. As a member of the surgical team working with “Operation Smile” and “Partners of America,” he has operated on children with deformities in many countries in Asia, South America, Africa, and Europe. As the author of over a hundred publications, he has lectured internationally and contributed many chapters on plastic and reconstructive surgery to major textbooks. He is the author of “Fundamentals of Plastic Surgery,” published in 1997. CHRISTOPHER A. PARK is currently in private practice in Mobile, Alabama. He established the Park Clinic for Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery, P.C. and the Medspa at the Park, LLC at Mobile Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Dermatology, Inc.. Further, he is on staff at Mobile Infirmary Hospital, Providence Hospital, Spring Hill Memorial Hospital, and Children and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, as well as Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, AL.. Dr. Park graduated from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine before completing his integrated, combined general surgery and plastic & reconstructive surgery training at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Before moving to Mobile, Alabama, he served as Clinical Instructor for the Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Training Program at Wake Forest University and acted as Attending Surgeon at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem.