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[BACKGROUND] Subsurface radiofrequency (RF) treatments produce skin contraction by causing coagulation of the underlying subcutaneous fat. This method is marketed to fill a treatment gap for patients who do not wish to have surgery. A syste…

[BACKGROUND] The public interest and demand for cosmetic surgery is growing in North America. As practices continue to advertise cosmetic procedures, male consumers must also be given fair consideration in a market targeted mostly towards w…

[BACKGROUND] Aggregated data show that Black patients undergo disproportionately lower rates of cosmetic surgery than their Caucasian counterparts. Similarly, laboratory findings indicate that social media representation is lower among Blac…

The disparity between the number of aesthetic procedures performed worldwide, and the complications described in the literature is remarkable. Doubts regarding the underreporting are reasonable and should be considered. The aim of this stud…

[PURPOSE] Although growth in cosmetic surgery remains constant in the private setting, academic cosmetic surgery practices are often underdeveloped. Our study aims to determine which patient populations access academic cosmetic surgery serv…

Brachioplasty has become one of the fastest-growing aesthetic surgery procedures, paralleling rising rates of weight loss surgery nationally. However, controversy persists regarding incision placement and utility of concurrent liposuction. …

Since ancient times, men have tried to change the size and shape of their genitals. Bites from insects or poisonous snakes and weights were among the first methods used for this purpose. In the first half of the 1900s, the scientific push r…

[BACKGROUND] Plastic surgeons are increasingly turning to social media to market their services. The newly released Twitter Academic Research Product Track (TARPT) database provides free, customizable analysis of keywords that are included …

[BACKGROUND] Recent evidence suggests tranexamic acid (TXA) may improve outcomes in aesthetic surgery patients. [OBJECTIVES] This systematic review aimed to investigate the impact of TXA use in aesthetic plastic surgery on bleeding and aes…

Liposuction is one of the commonest surgical aesthetic procedures performed worldwide. Despite being perceived to be a technically simple procedure, poor patient selection, sub-optimal technical execution or sub-optimal peri‑operative manag…

[BACKGROUND] There is a lack of data concerning the prevalence of eating disorders in patients requesting aesthetic surgery in spite of a large body of literature on the psychopathology of these patients. This may mostly be due to insuffici…

Fat embolism is an uncommon but life-threatening postoperative complication. The nonspecific symptoms associated with fat embolism could delay the diagnosis and result in a poor patient outcome. We report the case of a healthy 37-year-old w…

[BACKGROUND] Mycobacterium wolinskyi is a rare, fast-growing, painful bacterium causing soft tissue infections. Sparse case reports focus on long-term intravenous antibiotic therapy and surgical interventions. We searched the literature and…

[INTRODUCTION] Mastopexy in combination with implant breast augmentation still remains a controversial topic in plastic surgery because of its complexity and its relative high rate of complications. To obviate the need of a breast implant, …

[BACKGROUND] Current literature clearly outlines the complication rates of liposuction in general; however, data specific to large-volume liposuction (LVL) remain unclear. [OBJECTIVES] The authors aimed to synthesize the current evidence o…

Surgical interventions in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), in particular plastic procedures, might cause undesired consequences. Notably, liposuction seems to possess greater risk as adipose tissue has been shown to play an important…