Plastic surgery is increasingly becoming popular globally with the current survey revealing that more than 15.8 million surgical operations and more than 19.1 million nonsurgical operations were performed across the world in the year 2023. The list of most popular surgeries prepared by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, has changed very little. It incorporates liposuction, breast augmentation and lifts, eyelid surgery and rhinoplasties as well as tummy tucks. Nevertheless, the emergence of AI, latest beauty trends, and technology innovations change the essence of the industry and lead to more esthetically pleasing outcomes.
Cirsalix and VETRAs
Cirsalix and VECTRA are improvement measures that enable patients to have a clearer witness of the real results of their preferred procedure. This is essential when it comes to the modern surgery since the patients usually start approaching their surgeons with pictures of the nose, jawline and eyes of a certain celebrity, unaware of the fact that these features might not be suited to their facial structures.
There are technologies such as Cirsalix that allow the surgeons project a virtual image of the patient after the procedure, considering his or her individual anatomy. The resulting advancements enable the surgeon to exhibit what can or cannot be done in the planned procedures in a very precise, specific manner.
Future of Breast Implants
The breast augmentation, which is carried out through implants, is still one of the most demanded surgeries done on women, as many women are saving to buy the procedures up to many years, and even traveling interstate, or even overseas, to save the price this surgery costs. In the US, say, the cities of Scottsdale, Columbus and Jackson are luring customers with prices as low as even half of the prices in other cities where this is more expensive, such as New York or Los Angeles in the example above. Future of this surgery is bright and bold with only a few trends being predicted: lightweight silicone, micro-implants, stem cell implants.
The use of the lightweight silicone implants will result in the increased comfort and decreased pressure on the health of the back of the patients. Micro-implants, on the other hand are the small silicone implants that are shaped like peas. The plan entails placement of hundreds of these miniature implants into the breast flesh via a small incision that give beautiful, natural outcomes. Fat transfer augmentation can also be replaced by stem cell implants; scientists believe that the technology can result in breasts growing by one cup size.
Artificial Intelligence
Use in plastic surgery In plastic surgery, the use of AI is mainly on an administrative level, responding to questions logged by patients through a chatbot. The next frontier is diagnostics, and the reasoning by the ASPS surgeons would be that, in all likelihood, AI would be the initial point of screening and that doctors would look through scans so that nothing is missed. AI will also be used to make custom suggestions on the basis of the preferences of a patient, his/her medical history, and genetics.
Lastly, it will be significant in forecasting surgical complications, which is because it would be able to perform real-time analysis of extensive streams of information. This is wonderful news to those areas that lack access to healthcare. The most probable solution using AI will be between patients and physicians on the screening and routine tasks to increase the access to healthcare.
It is no secret that the industry associated with plastic surgery is flourishing, and millions of surgeries take place all over the world in a span of one year. New innovations involve imaging and new methods of conducting procedures performed such as breast implants. AI shall also be instrumental in screening, predictive analysis, and increased accessibility among patients, more so those located in regions that have limited access to proper medical facilities.
