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General Introduction

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Aesthetic Plastic Surgery of Head and Body

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There seems to be no precise age at which the ageing process begins because there are no known specific rules which govern the changes that occur in the various organs and tissues of the body with the passage of time.

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  1. University of Rio de Janiero, Brazil

    Professor Ivo Pitanguy M.D., F.B.C.S., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S. (Membro Titular Academia Brasileira de Medicina, Professor of Plastic Surgery, Chief of Plastic Surgery Department)

  2. Santa Casa de Misericórdia General Hospital, Brazil

    Professor Ivo Pitanguy M.D., F.B.C.S., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S. (Membro Titular Academia Brasileira de Medicina, Professor of Plastic Surgery, Chief of Plastic Surgery Department)

  3. Clinic of Plastic Surgery, Rua Dona Mariana, 65, Botafogo, Rio de Janiero, Brazil

    Professor Ivo Pitanguy M.D., F.B.C.S., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S. (Membro Titular Academia Brasileira de Medicina, Professor of Plastic Surgery, Chief of Plastic Surgery Department)

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  1. Professor Ivo Pitanguy M.D., F.B.C.S., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S.
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Pitanguy, I. (1981). General Introduction. In: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery of Head and Body. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66910-1_4

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