Research Correspondent · Editorial Staff

Quentin Foxworth

Writes the publication's comparison guides, weighing the options in plastic surgery side by side.

9 dispatches by Quentin Foxworth

Industry · July 10, 2026

Endoscopic Facelift: The Procedure That Came Back for a Younger Patient

The endoscopic facelift rose in the 1990s, faded almost as fast, and has quietly returned. It did not come back as a replacement for the full facelift. It came back because a specific patient exists that the full facelift overtreats: younger, with midface descent and a heavy brow but little loose skin, who needs repositioning through small incisions rather than a long excision. Here is why the technique disappeared, what brought it back, and how to tell whether you are actually the person it was designed for.

Industry · July 7, 2026

The Maturation of Non-Surgical Body Contouring: What the Evidence Actually Supports

Non-surgical body contouring grew up in the last fifteen years, and the honest version of the story is more modest than the advertising. Cryolipolysis, injectable deoxycholic acid, and energy-based fat reduction now have real clinical evidence behind them and millions of treatments performed. What they still cannot do is the thing most patients quietly hope for. This is where the data is strong, where the marketing has outrun it, and how a good surgeon decides between a machine and an operation.

Industry · June 4, 2026

Why Male Aesthetic Surgery Numbers Are Growing

Men are a larger share of the cosmetic surgery patient pool than they were a decade ago, and the growth is not evenly spread. It concentrates in a handful of procedures, it tracks a shift in how men talk about their faces and bodies, and it has forced the better practices to change how a consultation is run. The honest read is that the demand was always there. What changed is the permission to act on it and the techniques that make a result hard to spot.

Industry · June 2, 2026

Lymphatic Drainage Massage After Liposuction: What the Evidence Shows

Manual lymphatic drainage has become a near-mandatory line item in liposuction recovery, sold as the thing that prevents fibrosis, speeds swelling, and protects the result. The published evidence is thinner and more honest than the spa marketing implies. The massage is comfortable and probably helps swelling resolve faster, but most of what it is credited with comes from compression, time, and surgical technique. Knowing which is which is how you avoid paying for ritual.

Saline vs Silicone Breast Implants: The Decision That Outlasts the Surgery

Procedures · June 2, 2026

Quentin Foxworth

Endoscopic Facelift: The Procedure That Came Back for a Younger Patient

The Maturation of Non-Surgical Body Contouring: What the Evidence Actually Supports

Why Male Aesthetic Surgery Numbers Are Growing

Lymphatic Drainage Massage After Liposuction: What the Evidence Shows

Saline vs Silicone Breast Implants: The Decision That Outlasts the Surgery

Submental Liposuction and the Double Chin: What Surgery Removes That Diet Cannot

How GLP-1 Drugs Became a Pre-Operative Variable in Plastic Surgery

The Non-Surgical Facelift: What It Replaces, and What It Cannot

Staging a Body-Contouring Plan: Why the Order of Operations Matters