The Anatomy of Beauty

Conceived as a dissection atlas rather than a conventional treatise, Sebastian Cotofana's work travels the human face stratum by stratum through anatomical preparations photographed to an exceptional standard. Each image is accompanied by a brief commentary that translates the anatomical finding into clinical consequence: where the neurovascular bundles run, how the planes are organised and what all of it means for anyone injecting or operating on the face. The volume is also conceived as an explicit tribute to body donors, without whom this kind of learning would not exist. Essential reading for facial aesthetic medicine professionals who want to ground their practice in anatomy observed rather than memorised.