Press Releases

Las Vegas, NV (April 5, 2016) – The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) announced the election of Daniel C. Mills, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon operating a private practice in Laguna Beach, California, as its new President at The Aesthetic Meeting 2016. The Aesthetic Society is the leading professional organization devoted entirely to aesthetic plastic surgery and cosmetic medicine of the face and body, comprised of over 2,600 board-certified plastic surgeons.

Las Vegas, NV (April 5, 2016) – The Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF) today elected Santa Monica-based plastic surgeon Steven Teitelbaum, MD as their new President. ASERF is the research and education arm of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) whose mission is to advance the aesthetics field for the benefit of patients, physicians and the entire field of medicine.

NEW YORK, NY (March 8, 2016) – For the first time on record, Americans spent more than 13.5 billion dollars on combined (surgical and nonsurgical) aesthetic procedures in a single calendar year, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. The total reflects a 1.5-billion-dollar increase from 2014.

NEW YORK, NY (February 25, 2016) – The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery’s preliminary survey findings from its procedural statistical data for the 2015 calendar year suggest that both surgical and nonsurgical procedures are on the rise. Both men and women are partaking in a variety of aesthetic procedures in steadily increasing numbers.

New York, NY (September 30, 2015) – Cosmetic and anti-aging products and treatments that make claims regarding stem cell technology are increasingly popular despite a lack of evidence for either the safety or efficacy of such products. Given the size of the personal care beauty industry, (expected to generate $265 billion by 2017,) and the high-profile nature of stem cell research, this is part of a larger trend whereby the language of newer areas of science is leveraged by marketers. This phenomenon is called “Scienceploitation.”

New York, NY (September 21, 2015) – Fat grafting is revolutionizing aesthetic body contouring and treatment of soft-tissue, volume-related issues in plastic surgery.

New York, NY (August 31, 2015) – The Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF), the research and education arm of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, announced the establishment of The Mollenkopf Breast Reconstruction Assistance Fund to provide financial assistance to women seeking non-insurance reimbursable aesthetic surgery to complete their post-breast cancer reconstructions. Steve Mollenkopf and Susan Mollenkopf, (breast cancer survivor and patient of ASAPS member, Scott Barttelbort, MD), donated $200,000 to create the fund.

New York, NY (July 8, 2015) – The economic laws of supply and demand don’t apply to the pricing of common cosmetic surgery procedures according to a recent study published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, the official publication of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Results of the study demonstrated a correlation between costs of cosmetic surgery procedures and local economic factors such as the cost to own real estate, cost to rent real estate, cost of living and the population size of a geographic region.

New York, NY (June 25, 2015) – A recent study published in the  Aesthetic Surgery Journal, the official publication of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, showed both hard and soft contact lenses contributed to the drooping of the upper eyelids, a medical condition referred to as ptosis.

New York, NY (June 11, 2015) – Findings from a study published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal showed weekend admissions for body contouring surgical procedures were associated with a statistically significant increase in hospitalization costs (difference of $35,481) and length of stay (5.68 days) when compared to weekday admissions for the same procedure.