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.
There's no doubt that breast augmentation still reigns as one of the top cosmetic procedures offered around the world. Yet, even with its steady state of popularity, the perspective around the desired outcome has shifted in recent years.
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.
"I do think you need to be an adult and be able to make those choices yourself, but I think for younger patients, as young as 21 and older, that they can consider Botox and filler if it's something that they're really interested in."
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).
