The Aesthetic Society Year in Review 2023/2024

This year's cruise was our largest since 2007, with more than 150 cabins sold and over 320 attendees, including spouses, families, and guests. Among them were 120 registered plastic surgeons, including 15 current and past leaders of both the Society and Foundation. Our faculty featured 37 distinguished subject matter experts, eight of whom were first-time cruise speakers, and attendees represented ten different countries.

This is my last newsletter as President of The Aesthetic Foundation, and it has been a busy and productive year. Our core mission is to support research that is relevant to practicing plastic surgeons and improve the safety and effectiveness of the procedures that we offer to our patients.

For this post hoc analysis, the authors extracted and analyzed data from the BLESS III study to determine whether there were variances in the effectiveness and safety of letibotulinumtoxinA for treating vertical glabellar lines between the broader female study population and a group of female participants aged 35 to 50.

Needle-free jet injector (NFJI) devices offer an alternative to traditional needle–syringe injection for administration of medications, vaccines, and other fluids.

Biostimulators and energy-based devices are increasingly used in combination to address visible signs of aging.