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[Are NFTs the Answer to Cowboy Cosmetics?]

Are NFTs the Answer to Cowboy Cosmetics?

David Zargaran1,  Alexander Zargaran2,  Tim Weyrich3,4,  Afshin Mosahebi1

1 Royal Free Hospital, University College London
2 St Thomas’s Hospital, London
3 University College London
4 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Abstract

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique digital assets created and traded on the internet. Over the past year, they have gained significant traction and investment, being heralded as a revolution in authentication and ownership. Employing blockchain technology, an immutable ledger of transactions is held, maintained across thousands of computers around the world. The application of NFTs has seen digital art gain early traction, although the “use-cases” are still being established in this nascent technology. Within the health care sphere, some have suggested the role of NFTs in supply-chain tracking of medications. An extension of the technology has been proposed to validate credentials and degree certificates, leveraging a key strength of the blockchain technology: transparency.

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Are NFTs the Answer to Cowboy Cosmetics?
David Zargaran, Alexander Zargaran, Tim Weyrich, Afshin Mosahebi.
Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 42(7), pp. NP514–NP515, Oxford University Press, June 2022.David Zargaran, Alexander Zargararan, Tim Weyrich, and Afshin Mosahebi. Are NFTs the answer to cowboy cosmetics? Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 42(7):NP514–NP515, June 2022. sjac056.Zargaran, D., Zargararan, A., Weyrich, T., and Mosahebi, A. 2022. Are NFTs the answer to cowboy cosmetics?Aesthetic Surgery Journal 42, 7 (June), NP514–NP515. sjac056.D. Zargaran, A. Zargararan, T. Weyrich, and A. Mosahebi, “Are NFTs the answer to cowboy cosmetics?” Aesthetic Surgery Journal, vol. 42, no. 7, pp. NP514–NP515, Jun. 2022, sjac056. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjac056
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