Curriculum Vitae You have taken the first step to learn more about the fascinating and rewarding world of cosmetic Surgery. Cosmetic Surgery is usually elective in that a patient chooses to have some procedure done for personal reasons. And it isn't just vanity. Vanity is an excessive preoccupation with one's appearance. Few patients fit the category. More importantly, society has moved miles from the position that cosmetic surgery is for the vain and superficial. For we are reminded daily that our culture puts high value on youth and beauty. Social scientists have designed elaborate studies and employed sophisticated statistical methods to demonstrate that people who measure up to some physical ideal get more out of life. More