1. Only a text that has not been previously published or submitted for publication may be accepted for publication. If the text has more than one author, the consent of each co-author for its publication should be submitted.

2. Provide the name, surname and academic title of the author(s) of a paper, the clinic or institution where the paper was created, along with the name, surname and academic title of the manager, as well as the correspondence address.

3. A paper should be accompanied by keywords and an abstract of 150-250 words in Polish and English, along with the English title of the paper. In original papers, the abstract should consist of the following sections: „Introduction”, “Materials and Methods”, „Results”, “Discussion”, and „Conclusions”.

4. Research papers should contain the following subsections: „Introduction”, “Materials and Methods”, „Results”, „Discussion”, and „Conclusions”.

5. International names of drugs should be used in the nominative case written with a capital letter, in other cases – Polonized names written with a lower case letter.
6. References cited should be included at the end of the paper, numbered and arranged in the order they are cited. Sequential numbers are used in the text to refer to the bibliographic references at the end of the paper, in parentheses, e.g. [9] or [1,3,6,9].

7. Each bibliographic reference ought to contain surnames along with the first letters of the first names of the first six authors (if there are more authors, use the abbreviation „et al.”), the full title of the paper, the name of the journal according to Index Medicus, year, volume, and pages. The publisher, the place and year of publication, and page should be provided for books or independent papers after the surnames and first names of the authors and the title. The title of the chapter, editors, and title of the publication, publisher, place and year of publication, volume and page should be specified for multi-author publications.

8. Review papers should contain 10-40 references.

9. For research projects funded by specific companies or institutions, the relevant information should be included at the end of the paper.

10. The text must be delivered by e-mail (as a text document). Photographs and graphs should be submitted in separate files (TIFF format: 300 DPI, 1:1, uncompressed; or JPG format: 300 DPI, maximum quality, uncompressed), numbered, with captions in Polish and English. 

11. For photos, attach the consent of the persons depicted (or information about the lack of such consent) and the consent of the author of the photos for publication.

12. When using any contents from other sources, authors should obtain the consent of the copyright owner and specify the origin of such contents.

13. The submitted paper shall be subject to double-anonymous peer review.

14. The Editorial Board reserves the right to introduce changes in terms of the style and logic, as well as abbreviations in the papers without first consulting the author.

15. By submitting a paper for publication, the author transfers economic copyrights in this paper to the publisher of “Medycyna Funkcjonalna i Estetyka Lekarska” journal, and specifically the right to record, reproduce in print or by any other technique of your choice, place on the market (including in electronic media) and authorize further reprints.

16. By submitting a paper for publication, the author confirms that they have read and accepted the terms of these regulations.