Liposuction is the single most popular plastic surgery procedure in the United States, according to the 2024 ASPS Plastic Surgery Statistics Report. And the patients most likely to get liposuction include Gen Xers in their mid-40s to mid-50s, who accounted for more than 45 percent of all liposuction procedures in 2024, along with elder Millennials.
It doesn't have the cache of other plastic surgery procedures like deep plane facelifts, and its downtime makes it one of the more taxing cosmetic operations – but its results can be life-changing for the right patients.
Breast augmentation is one of the most popular cosmetic procedures, and with proper postoperative care, most patients enjoy excellent results with minimal visible scarring.
"Copying other people's looks is very challenging because we really can only get to an endpoint from a certain starting point."
For women undergoing surgery to place tissue expanders – a common technique for staged breast reconstruction – recent antibiotic use may be a risk factor for surgical site infection (SSI), reports a study in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
