Email a Friend
Print Article
Which Magazines Covering Cosmetic Surgery Do the Best Job?
Many of the women's magazines predictably devote some pages to the issue of aesthetic improvement. They will cover everything from injectables and skin care treatments to the mainline surgical procedures. Some magazines tend to be a little bit more investigative than others. And, some tend to glamorize cosmetic surgery rather than explain the advantages – and risks. Other magazines have very experienced writers who cover the subject exclusively and while other mags assign general interest writers to this rather narrow and sophisticated subject.
In my experience, the weekly tabloid-type magazines such as People, The Star, OK!, and In Touch tend to cover cosmetic surgery only as it is an indulgence of the Hollywood and celebrity crowd. These magazines are not educational. They entertain and sensationalize. Their mission is to peek into the private lives of celebrities. So don't look there for any meaningful information.
Other magazines take the job of explaining cosmetic surgery and illuminating its readers more seriously. Allure, for example, has very experienced writers on its staff who focus only on cosmetic surgery issues. Joan Kron, Allure's Editor at Large, is the top long-term student of and writer on cosmetic surgery in the country. I know that she maintains her own reference library that includes medical journals. Joan's writing always "gets it right."
Other magazines are equally specialized and faithful to the job of educating and not necessarily glamorizing. Marie Claire does a nice job. Cosmo occasionally devotes some pages to it. W is an excellent publication with first class research and writing. WebMD's magazine, Vogue, Elle and Town and Country also offer the latest and most informative data in the field of cosmetic surgery.
The weeklies, Time, Newsweek and U.S. News, occasionally cover cosmetic treatments and procedures and do it well.
USA Today does sketchy but good reviews. The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, the top daily newspapers in the U.S. have the first-class writers, many of whom are very up on the latest in our profession. They, too, always get it right.
—Robert Kotler, MD, FACS
In my experience, the weekly tabloid-type magazines such as People, The Star, OK!, and In Touch tend to cover cosmetic surgery only as it is an indulgence of the Hollywood and celebrity crowd. These magazines are not educational. They entertain and sensationalize. Their mission is to peek into the private lives of celebrities. So don't look there for any meaningful information.
Other magazines take the job of explaining cosmetic surgery and illuminating its readers more seriously. Allure, for example, has very experienced writers on its staff who focus only on cosmetic surgery issues. Joan Kron, Allure's Editor at Large, is the top long-term student of and writer on cosmetic surgery in the country. I know that she maintains her own reference library that includes medical journals. Joan's writing always "gets it right."
Other magazines are equally specialized and faithful to the job of educating and not necessarily glamorizing. Marie Claire does a nice job. Cosmo occasionally devotes some pages to it. W is an excellent publication with first class research and writing. WebMD's magazine, Vogue, Elle and Town and Country also offer the latest and most informative data in the field of cosmetic surgery.
The weeklies, Time, Newsweek and U.S. News, occasionally cover cosmetic treatments and procedures and do it well.
USA Today does sketchy but good reviews. The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, the top daily newspapers in the U.S. have the first-class writers, many of whom are very up on the latest in our profession. They, too, always get it right.
—Robert Kotler, MD, FACS
0 Comments:
Post a Comment