Research Correspondent · Editorial Staff

Quentin Foxworth

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

7 dispatches by Quentin Foxworth

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

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