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.
Lifestyle changes are the number one way to lose weight, but many people may need a little extra help contouring and shaping stubborn areas of their figure. That's where contouring procedures like liposuction and cryolipolysis (CoolSculpting) come into play.
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 see a lot of patients who are looking for a one-time operation. They don't want to come back again and again. However, it is important to recognize that breast implants are not a lifetime device."
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).
