Despite economic headwinds in 2024, overall patient demand for plastic surgery procedures remained steady, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) revealed in its latest annual report.
Like people, belly buttons come in all shapes and sizes. Most are innies, but some are outies. They can be wide, narrow, vertical or horizontal. And since they're not functional, they can be reshaped, resized, repositioned and even removed.
Most plastic surgery procedures cause some scarring. Patients often determine the success of their surgery by how visible the scars are. Scarring is inevitable with surgery, but there are many different ways to make them less noticeable.
"The Miami thong lift is the latest innovation in buttock contouring. So, it's a very, very clever, very elegant surgical procedure that can be performed with a rapid recovery."
For African American patients undergoing mastectomy, the risk of complications and the postoperative appearance of the breast are among the important drivers of preferences about breast reconstruction, reports a study in the September issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
