Aesthetic Surgery Journal

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BACKGROUND: Opening the neck through submental incision allows accurate management of deep neck structures and obtain exceptional neck contours. OBJECTIVES: The authors aimed to evaluate the distribution of deep neck structures and investigate the detailed vascular anatomy of the submandibular gland. METHODS: A total of 26 fresh frozen cadaver heads (15 female, 11 male) were used. The authors evaluated the weights of the excised tissues simulating cosmetic resections including subcutaneous fat, subplatysmal fat, anterior belly of digastric muscle and submandibular glands...

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BACKGROUND: The volume retention rate after autologous fat transplantation is unpredictable and unstable. Deferoxamine mesylate (DFO) is a drug approved by the FDA that is safe, has antioxidant effects, and can promote angiogenesis. OBJECTIVES: The DFO-pretreated fat granules were transplanted into nude mice to observe the pro-angiogenic effect of DFO and to evaluate whether this treatment could also improve the retention rate of fat transplantation. METHODS: A total of 24 nude mice were transplanted with human adipose tissue that was pretreated with different concentrations of DFO (low: 0...

BACKGROUND: Cosmetic surgery is a large portion of practice revenue for many plastic surgeons, and therefore understanding the economic principles of pricing is critical. While national averages provide a starting point for price determination, they may not reflect specific economic factors. Over the last decade, publicly reported pricing for cosmetic surgery has increased in prevalence, improving price transparency for patients and surgeons alike. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to compare publicly reported prices to national cosmetic surgery averages and identify variables that have the greatest impact on price determination...

BACKGROUND: An increasing number of aesthetic surgery procedures are being performed in the office-based setting in an ambulatory fashion. Postoperative monitoring for these patients has historically been comprised of paid private-duty nurses measuring vital signs, encouraging ambulation, and monitoring overall comfort level. Recently, advancements in nanotechnology have permitted high-acuity data acquisition of multiple clinical parameters that can be transmitted to the surgeon's mobile device in a continuous fashion...

BACKGROUND: In the past 3 months, OpenAI, a San Francisco based artificial intelligence (AI) research laboratory, has released ChatGPT, a conversation large language model (LLM). ChatGPT has the ability to answer user questions, admit to mistakes, and learn from users that are accessing the program. OBJECTIVES: Due to the importance of producing evidence-based research in plastic surgery, the authors of this study wanted to determine how accurate ChatGPT could be in creating novel systematic review ideas that encompasses the diverse practice of cosmetic surgery...

BACKGROUND: Opening a new practice is always challenging, and one of the main problems is how to engage patients. Most of them use social media to gather information about surgery and surgeons. OBJECTIVES: The aim was to evaluate social media's impact on a new practice compared with a long-standing one, run by the same surgeon. Furthermore, changes in patients' and surgeons' perspectives towards social media through the last years were studied. METHODS: A questionnaire was administered to patients consulting for primary breast augmentation in the two aforementioned practices regarding their interaction with social media before booking a consultation...

BACKGROUND: Eyelid ptosis following periocular onabotulinumtoxinA (BoNT-A) treatment is a known complication which can be frustrating for both patients and practitioners. Iatrogenic blepharoptosis occurs due to local spread of the BoNT-A from the periocular region into the levator palpebrae superioris muscle; while injectors should have a thorough understanding of the relevant anatomy in order to prevent it, BoNT-A induced ptosis can occur even in the most experienced hands. OBJECTIVES: To describe a case series of patients effectively treated with Oxymetazoline HCl 0...

BACKGROUND: Alopecia reduces perceptions of age, beauty, success, and adaptability. Hair loss can be caused by genetic, physiological, environmental, and immunologic factors. The current treatment for alopecia is varied. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates activated platelet rich plasma (A-PRP) for alopecia treatment. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this review was to assess the clinical efficacy and safety of autologous activated PRP (A-PRP) injections in alopecia patients...

BACKGROUND: Breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) and its association with macrotextured breast implants may have induced plastic surgeons to change their breast augmentation and breast reconstruction practice. OBJECTIVES: We surveyed Dutch plastic surgeons about the effects of BIA-ALCL on their choice of breast implant texture and placement technique. METHODS: An online questionnaire was distributed among all members of the Dutch Association of Plastic Surgeons (NVPC)...

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BACKGROUND: Although stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells and adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) have well-defined antiaging effects on skin, their disadvantages including their easy loss due to the lack of extracellular matrix protection and lack of capacity supplementation have limited their clinical application. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effects of microfat, nanofat, and SVF-gel in improving ultraviolet (UV)-induced photoaged skin injury in nude mice. METHODS: After a photoaging model was successfully established by UVA and UVB irradiation in nude mice, the back of each mouse was divided into 2 regions and randomly injected with 0...