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 opt for a full facelift as they begin to notice the signs of aging. However, for others, a less intensive option is becoming increasingly popular – the mid-facelift.
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.
"The act of going through surgery, it will change your body, and it may be difficult to accept those new changes, and also having realistic expectations are very important. I think having a therapist partner as part of your comprehensive plastic surgery team is very important."
Despite steady increases in rates of immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) after mastectomy, racial disparities in IBR have persisted in the years since implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), reports a study in the May issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
