Chen et al should be commended for this novel study, which attempts to directly relate the current landscape of social media to the acceptance of cosmetic surgery. Their findings that social media investment had a positive effect on the consideration of surgery corroborates the rising trend noticed among facial plastic surgeons. The discussion provided on the negative effect of social media and, more specifically, selfies highlights the need to better understand the underlying motives and characteristics...
In Reply We sincerely appreciate the interest of Huggins and colleagues in our study. We completely understand their opinion and their reasoning. Despite the low incidence rates, eyelid retraction and tethering are important drawbacks of fat transposition. These might be related to the inadequate skills of individual surgeons rather than to problems related to the technique itself. However, these complications are not simply anecdotal. In fact, several patients have visited our clinic because of...
This survey study examines whether self-esteem and the use of social media and photo editing applications are associated with cosmetic surgery attitudes among participants responding to a web-based survey.
To the Editor We read with interest the description by Kim et al of their lower blepharoplasty technique using autologous fat grafting. We recognize their excellent surgical results, but respectfully dissent against the authors’ claims of the technique’s superior safety relative to lower blepharoplasty with fat transposition.
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