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Aesthetic medicine is an inclusive term for specialties that focus on improving cosmetic appearance through the treatment of conditions including (but not limited to) scars, skin laxity, wrinkles, moles, liver spots, excess fat, cellulite, unwanted hair, skin discoloration, and spider veins. Traditionally, aesthetic medicine includes dermatology, reconstructive surgery and plastic surgery, but it is not strictly limited to these fields. Aesthetic medicine includes both surgical procedures (liposuction, facelifts, breast implants, Radio frequency ablation) and non-surgical procedures (radio frequency skin tightening, non surgical liposuction, chemical peel), and practitioners may utilize a combination of both.〔(''International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine'', IAPAM. )〕 Although aesthetic medicine procedures are typically elective, they can significantly improve quality of life, psychological wellbeing and social function. == Statistics == *Worldwide, there were 23 million aesthetic procedures performed from 2013-2014. *Countries that performed the most aesthetic procedures in 2013 were *In the US, there were more than 11 million aesthetic procedures performed from 2012-2013, and 83.5% of the procedures were nonsurgical. *In the UK, there were 50,000 cosmetic surgery procedures performed in 2013-2014. *Surgical aesthetic procedures account for 10% of the cosmetic procedures in the UK, and non surgical techniques constitute the remaining 90%. *In the US, the top 5 surgical aesthetic procedures were 1) Liposuction 2) Breast augmentation 3) Blepharoplasty 4) Abdominoplasty 5) Rhinoplasty *In the US, the top 5 nonsurgical aesthetic procedures were 1) Botulinum Toxin 2) Hyaluronic acid 3) Laser hair removal 4) Microdermabrasion 5) Photorejuvenation In the United States, medical aesthetics procedures include non-laser tattoo reversal, scar reduction and clinical skin care protocols that achieve competitive results without the risks incurred with lasers. aestheticians international association, medical aesthetics, first authored books for leading medical aesthetics as a speciality within dermatology and plastic surgery, Source; Medical Aesthetics Protocols, 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「aesthetic medicine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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