• Perez Home
• Foreword
• Biographical Sketch- Jose Perez
• Table of Contents
•     A Day in the Hospital
•     The Allergist
•     The Alternative Practitioner
•     The Anesthesiologist
•     The Bureaucrats of Medicine
•     The Chiropractor
•     The Dentist
•     The Dermatologist
•     The Emergency Room
•     The Family Practitioner
•     The Internist
•     The Neurologist
•     The Nurse
•     The Obstetrician
•     The Opthalmologist
•     The Orthopedist
•     The Otorhinolaryngologist
•     The Pathologist
•     The Pediatrician
•     The Pharmcologist
•     The Plastic Surgeon
•     The Podiatrist
•     The Psychiatrist
•     The Public Health Doctor
•     The Radiologist
•     The Surgeon
•     The Urologist
•     The Veterinarian
•     A Day in Court
• Sketches in Pencil

The Plastic Surgeon

The Plastic Surgeon by Jose Perez
(Oil on Canvas, 24 in x 30 in, 61.5 cm x 77 cm)

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Society magazines often advertise the fountain of youth promised by plastic surgery, sometimes complete with payment plans and free consultations. To those for whom elective surgery is an option, these promises are often delivered. For those who need reconstructive or therapeutic surgery, the plastic surgeon is a lifeline.

Perez, however, has chosen to satirize those who expect elective miracles. His rotund doctor is half sculptor and half painter, whose patient believes he can turn an old lady into a young model. Similarly, the watchful toad expects to become a prince, the armadillo wants his skin to be as smooth as silk, and Frankenstein longs to look like a beach boy.