Social Media and Plastic Surgery, the Good, the Bad, and Where are We Going?

IF 2 3区 医学 Q2 SURGERY Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI:10.1007/s00266-025-04748-5
Daniela Maldonado J, Cristián Arriagada I, Alejandro Conejero R, Patricio Covarrubias C, Jimena Doña V, María José Hurtado D
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Abstract

Background: In recent decades, social networks have experienced an exponential increase involving millions of users and transforming the way they communicate in the medical community, becoming an important tool in medicine, where plastic surgery has not been an exception.

Objectives: We aimed to present a review of the effects of social networks in the area of plastic surgery, the main existing regulatory frameworks, and propose the basic aspects for the adequate use of these platforms in the practice of our profession.

Methods: A literature search was performed, including scientific articles, specific existing guides from the USA, Australia, Brazil, and Argentina, as well as articles in digital newspapers and Google regarding emblematic cases.

Results: These platforms are an important source of information and communication in medicine and are frequently used by different scientific societies, mainly for educational and dissemination purposes. In the area of plastic surgery in particular, there is a high presence of specialists in the field who use these tools mainly for orientation, education, promotion of their brand, and peer-to-peer relationships.

Conclusions: The main negative aspects of social networks are a high presence of publications generated by non-professionals in the field, false information, and the generation of esthetic violence. The regulations of several existing scientific societies, although heterogeneous on some points, mostly agree that the need for informed consent, protection of patient privacy and safety, truthfulness of the information published, and patient education campaigns are key points.

Level of evidence iv: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .

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期刊介绍: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery is a publication of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the official journal of the European Association of Societies of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (EASAPS), Società Italiana di Chirurgia Plastica Ricostruttiva ed Estetica (SICPRE), Vereinigung der Deutschen Aesthetisch Plastischen Chirurgen (VDAPC), the Romanian Aesthetic Surgery Society (RASS), Asociación Española de Cirugía Estética Plástica (AECEP), La Sociedad Argentina de Cirugía Plástica, Estética y Reparadora (SACPER), the Rhinoplasty Society of Europe (RSE), the Iranian Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgeons (ISPAS), the Singapore Association of Plastic Surgeons (SAPS), the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS), the Egyptian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ESPRS), and the Sociedad Chilena de Cirugía Plástica, Reconstructiva y Estética (SCCP). Aesthetic Plastic Surgery provides a forum for original articles advancing the art of aesthetic plastic surgery. Many describe surgical craftsmanship; others deal with complications in surgical procedures and methods by which to treat or avoid them. Coverage includes "second thoughts" on established techniques, which might be abandoned, modified, or improved. Also included are case histories; improvements in surgical instruments, pharmaceuticals, and operating room equipment; and discussions of problems such as the role of psychosocial factors in the doctor-patient and the patient-public interrelationships. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery is covered in Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, SciSearch, Research Alert, Index Medicus-Medline, and Excerpta Medica/Embase.
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