Plastic and cosmetic surgery can have benefits and drawbacks. Plastic surgery addresses areas of dysfunction or irregularity, such as congenital disabilities or trauma. Cosmetic surgery enhances ...

Finding the right doctor can be difficult if you don’t know what to look for. Share on Pinterest Finding the right doctor is key when looking into cosmetic or plastic surgery. Getty Images From the ...

The growing market for plastic surgery and other non-surgical beautification processes, coupled with the high fragmentation of the sector, attracted VSS Capital to make a growth equity investment in ...

In 2020, plastic surgeons in the U.S. performed 15.6 million cosmetic procedures and 6.8 million reconstructive procedures. The most popular cosmetic surgical procedures included liposuction, breast ...

In 2011, Yale sociologist Alka Menon came across an article in The New York Times on the racial and ethnic differences in cosmetic surgery. A plastic surgeon quoted in the piece explained that when he ...

Cosmetic surgery involves surgical procedures (e.g., liposuction) and non-surgical procedures (e.g., Botox) that aim to improve one’s appearance. Plastic surgery, in contrast, aims to restore the ...