The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) has released the 2023 ASPS Procedural Statistics, which showed a 5 percent rise in plastic surgeries and a 7 percent rise in minimally invasive procedures compared to the previous year.
Many patients are familiar with tried-and-true classics like liposuction and the tummy tuck, yet they may be unfamiliar with belt lipectomy. Also known as a lower body lift, this aesthetic procedure addresses the appearance of the lower body by removing sagging skin and tissue that can result from aging or dramatic weight loss.
In 2023, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported over 41,000 breast explant procedures in the United States. But how do you know if implant removal is right for you?
"So, one thing we consider is the incision that is in front or around the ear that needs to take into account that that skin, when we move it, will grow hair. So, we tend to place the scar for a facelift incision for men right in front of the tragus, which is the little part of the ear that pokes into the ear canal. Because if you make the incision behind that part of the tragus, with men, then that skin will start to grow hair."
For women with early-stage breast cancer, breast-conserving therapy (BCT), including radiation therapy (RT), leads to progressive reduction in breast size over time, reports a study in the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
