Author: Biesenberger, Hermann [1885-1947]
Title: Deformitäten und kosmetische Operationen der weiblichen Brust
Description: Wien, Verlag Wilhelm Maudrich, 1931. orig. cloth. 24x18cm, 209 pp. A small tear to rear exterior hinge. Front & rear flyleaves buckled. Spine heavily rubbed. Front cover corner rubbed.. Textual illustrations.. Rubbed. Spine bumped. Light front cover warp. Just Good. ¶ Includes 161 illustrations, most full-page. ["Biesenberger...modified the Lotsch method in 1928 and three years later published his technique. The operation was safer, produced pleasing results, and became popular for about 30 years..." - Paolo Santoni-Rugliu, "A History of Plastic Surgery",p. 343]. ["..In his 1931 book ' Deformities and Cosmetic Operations of the Female Breast' – the first and for a long time arguably the finest textbook/atlas of cosmetic breast surgery – the Austrian surgeon Hermann Biesenberger very clearly described why breasts sag and how breast lift corrects sagging breasts. In youth, a connective tissue “suspensory apparatus” holds the breasts in an uplifted, youthful position. It may be best thought of as a lacy, three dimensional network. Weakness of the connective tissues and thus the 'suspensory apparatus' results in sagging. Gravity, age, weight of the breasts, hormonal influences and a shift in the ratio of fatty to breast tissue ( youthful breast are generally firm and contain less fat and more breast tissue) in combination or isolation eventually overwhelm the 'suspensory apparatus'. This simple, clear and mechanistic explanation allows operative procedures of breast lift to be designed to solve the problems of the sagging breasts..." - Trinidad Institute website].

Keywords: History of Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Breasts, Breast Lifts, Enhancement, Cosmetic Surgery, , ,