Investigators assessed cosmetic outcomes of split-thickness and full-thickness skin grafts.

The American Medical Association recently adopted new ethical guidelines on medical tourism to help physicians understand their responsibilities when interacting with patients who seek or have received medical care outside the United States.

Patients undergoing autologous post-mastectomy breast reconstruction have greater satisfaction than those undergoing implant reconstruction, and the odds of developing complications are significantly higher for autologous reconstruction types versus expander-implant techniques.

Dorsal reduction has a greater effect than tip manipulation in adding value to social perception of the facial profile of patients undergoing cosmetic rhinoplasty.

In the past few years, Snapchat has allowed plastic surgeons to showcase labiaplasty surgical procedures to a large audience, which has led to ethical concerns.

Further research is needed on the use of platelet-rich therapy for facial aesthetics and alopecia.

The approval was based on a multicenter, randomized, evaluator-blinded, split-hand study (N=89) which showed that treatment with Restylane Lyft resulted in a clinically meaningful improvement in the correction of volume deficits of treated hands for up to 6 months.

Although carboxytherapy was well tolerated by the participants, the transient decrease in subcutaneous fat reported in the study may not persist.

Although social media advertising is an innovative and useful tool, there are risks to patients who are exposed to a physician's "brand" through social media.