Dermatology & Cosmetology

Aesthetic and Surgical Dermatology

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Aesthetic Dermatology is a new and uniquely different dermatology practice and an inclusive term for specialties that focus on improving cosmetic appearance through the treatment of conditions including scars, skin laxity, wrinkles, moles, liver spots, excess fat, cellulite, unwanted hair, skin discoloration, spider veins. Traditionally, aesthetic medicine includes dermatology, reconstructive surgery and plastic surgery. Aesthetic medicine includes both surgical procedures like liposuction, facelifts, breast implants, Radio frequency ablation and non-surgical procedures like radio frequency skin tightening, non-surgical liposuction, chemical peel and practitioners may utilize a combination of both. Although aesthetic medicine procedures are typically elective, they can significantly improve quality of life, psychological wellbeing and social function.

Worldwide, there were 20 million aesthetic procedures performed from 2014-2015. In the US, there were more than 11 million aesthetic procedures performed from 2012-2013, and 83.5% of the procedures were nonsurgical. In the UK, there were 50,000 cosmetic surgery procedures performed in 2013-2014. Surgical aesthetic procedures account for 10% of the cosmetic procedures in the UK, and non-surgical techniques constitute the remaining 90%. In South Korea, there were more than 980,000 aesthetic procedures performed from 2014-2015.