Despite economic headwinds in 2024, overall patient demand for plastic surgery procedures remained steady, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) revealed in its latest annual report.
Skin-sparing wise-pattern internal mammary perforator breast reconstruction, also known as SWIM breast reconstruction, is a lesser-known option to repair the breasts after mastectomy.
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.
Anna Crollman, one of our 2025 Patients of Courage, was nominated by Ron Israeli, MD.
C. Bob Basu, MD, MBA, MPH, FACS, has been named president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the world's largest organization of board-certified plastic surgeons.
