No picture of plastic surgery around the world would be complete without a look at breast augmentation surgery statistics. Once the industry’s most popular procedure—from 2006, when the FDA’s silicone breast implant ban was lifted, to 2019—the procedure and the implants it uses have again…
Board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Steven Williams, M.D., will become the first African American ever to helm the world’s…
Roughly 66% of TikTok’s billion-plus active monthly users are younger than 24, and 27 percent are between the ages of…
The number of U.S. women having their breast implants permanently removed increased by 47 percent in 2021. Nearly 365,000 women…
Breast implant recipients are not automatically required to replace their implants at the 10-year mark, or at any other annual…
Ethics
A patient sued by a prominent plastic surgeon for posting poor reviews on RealSelf and Yelp is entitled to seek damages and attorneys’ fees,…
Law enforcement officials say Bharat Shah, a Springfield, Mo. triple-board-certified plastic surgeon,…
A fraudulent TikTok account has garnered 12.6 million views and 51,000 followers…
Effective March 3rd, 2022, Dr. Christoper J. Kovanda’s medical license is temporarily…
Safety
Two of the largest plastic surgery societies in America issued an alarming safety advisory to surgeons last Friday. The societies…
WORLD
The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons has lifted an October 2018 warning to its members that encouraged them to cease performing Brazilian butt lift surgery.…
