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.
It's easy to be turned off by this life-changing procedure because of fatalities linked to Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs) gone wrong. As a result, plastic surgeons and lawmakers have taken crucial steps in recent years to combat complications associated with improperly performed BBLs.
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.
"Many doctors now offer aesthetic treatments. This is an important distinguishing factor because you would think that your state licensing board would control what type of medicine you practice, but that is not true. So, you can set up shop as an aesthetic or cosmetic surgeon with essentially no training."
For patients with amputations affecting the hand, toe transfer surgery provides an alternative to replanting the amputated digits – and may lead to greater improvement in hand function and other key outcomes, reports a study in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
