ASPS Featured Stories

Plastic surgery for your belly button? It's not as weird as you may think

Adrienne Santos-Longhurst | Freelance Writer Thursday, September 4, 2025

Like people, belly buttons come in all shapes and sizes. Most are innies, but some are outies. They can be wide, narrow, vertical or horizontal. And since they're not functional, they can be reshaped, resized, repositioned and even removed.

Double chin liposuction: The key to a chiseled jawline

Ariel Frankeny | Freelance Writer Tuesday, September 2, 2025

We all know that awful feeling of opening the camera on our phones to try to take a picture, only to see ourselves staring back from an unflattering angle, often with a double chin. In our digital age, we're constantly aware of our appearance, whether it's due to seeing ourselves in the reflection of our phones, taking selfies or posting videos on social media.

Road to recovery: Get moving again with post-surgery workouts

Alia Willson | Freelance Writer Thursday, August 28, 2025

Whether you are an avid athlete, weekend warrior or just like to enjoy a walk around the block now and then, getting moving again after plastic surgery can be challenging.

The importance of chin balancing in rhinoplasty procedures

Ariel Frankeny | Freelance Writer Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Many of us are familiar with the idea of rhinoplasty and how surgeons can help craft the perfect nose to balance your appearance, but fewer are as aware of the crucial, sometimes missing, other half of the equation – the chin.

Less is more: The emergence of the skinny BBL

Ariel Frankeny | Freelance Writer Friday, August 22, 2025

Last decade's BBL trend focused on maximizing volume, but there has been a recent shift away from this aesthetic. Instead, we're seeing an upward tick in the "less is more" idea with the buttocks, with the growing popularity of a procedure that has now been dubbed the "skinny BBL."

AI-supported plastic surgery planning: Is technology changing the plastic surgery landscape?

Alia Willson | Freelance Writer Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Technology will not replace the skill, art and craftsmanship of an experienced board-certified plastic surgeon, but AI-powered tools are changing the doctor-patient experience.

The ins and outs of creating dimples with plastic surgery

Ariel Frankeny | Freelance Writer Thursday, August 14, 2025

There's no denying that there is just something so enrapturing about the perfect set of dimples. For some people without them, the allure of dimples is something that has appealed to them for many years. Dimples can now become a reality for those not born with them, courtesy of a procedure known as the "dimpleplasty."