The Aesthetic Society and The Aesthetic Foundation Year in Review 2024

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.

In this month’s update, Dr. Tracy Pfeifer highlights all things The Aesthetic MEET, reflecting on her time as president and how she got involved in The Aesthetic Society, and check out the blooper reel at the end!

I can’t believe we are already halfway into January, and I have been President of the Aesthetic Foundation for almost 9 months, the time has flown by.

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

The dues support the 30+ ongoing studies that have been funded by The Foundation including studies such as “Cytotoxicity of Implant-Exposed Serum on Breast Cancer”, “Impact of Xeomin, Dysport, and Botox on Nerve Injuries”, “Effect of Intramuscular Fat Grafting on New Muscle Formation”, “Does TXA reduce Bruising After Hyaluronic Acid Filler Injection: A Prospective half face study”, “Increasing SMAS Durability via Photochemical Passivation for Facelifts”, and “Histologic Effects of Energy-Based Skin Tightening Treatments”.