Cosmetic Surgery Trend in Japan

It is likely you have read about cosmetic surgery improving Quality of Life (QOL) for many people, that outcomes are usually successful, some studies show certain procedures can improve your sex life, and you may have even seen statistics about “attractive” people generally earning more money over a lifetime. Scientific studies about attractiveness, self esteem, and the QOL are constantly being assessed through clinical trials in medicine. These involve surveys and polls of patients using specifically developed questionnaires, or measuring results physically. At Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center we follow the research closely. However, there are some not so scientific “experiments” going on in some parts of the world.

Here is some fascinating history about research in medicine and divination of all things! Not to mention the trend in Japan. Did you know that some people in Japan are attempting to change their fortunes by changing the lines on their palms? Wild isn’t it? Now don’t get me wrong, obviously the Japanese do good science also, but this is a trend not science. Check out the video from the Huffington Post about this. It’s sort of a chicken and egg thing I believe; which came first, destiny (if you believe in it) or the lines on your hand?

According to the International Journal of Epidemiology, it was not until after WWII that the randomized clinical trial was considered an acceptable way to do research. Previously it was believed that science should be performed in laboratories and clinical trials were frowned upon. Part of this reasoning was due to the history of separating “fortune telling” from science. It was thought that only in the laboratory could all the variables of any given experiment be controlled. The point was to protect science from fraud. In Western culture various forms of divination were condoned if they were “random,” such as the “throwing of lots” mentioned in various places in the Bible. So the history of “unbiased divination” set the stage for the rules of early science’s “unbiased experimentation.”

Of course now doctors do research using clinical trials all the time. This is one way we learn how patients respond to various procedures. Any clinical trial is subject to the ethical review board to decide if the research should be done at all. We don’t do clinical trials at Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center, instead we rely on medical journals that report on the clinical trials other people have done. And rather than correcting for fortuitous lines on patients’ hands, we correct for bumps on the nose and wrinkles on the face. So if you want tried and true science based cosmetic surgery, come to Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center.

Dr. Branman

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