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What Is “Beauty” Which Plastic Surgeon Pursue?

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Ten opinions on beauty were written by a plastic surgeon.

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Hwang, K. (2024). What Is “Beauty” Which Plastic Surgeon Pursue?. In: Good Physician, Good Plastic Surgeon. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1864-1_4

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