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Dr. Jacono Discusses the Pandemic’s Plastic Surgery Surge with Allure

The Pandemic’s Impact on Plastic Surgery

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered every imaginable aspect of our lives; social interactions, business practices, and even personal care have taken on new and surprising colors. Nowadays, we are more likely to see our friends over a screen than we are to enjoy them in person, and the same goes for our dearest family members. In other words, everything that we previously took for granted has become frustratingly out-of-reach.

Dr Andrew Jacono discusses the surge in plastic surgery during the pandemic

As is the case with most professionals, facial plastic surgeons have been impacted by the pandemic, and some were even restricted, for a time, from doing their usual work. However, COVID-19 has presented a silver lining: plastic surgeons have seen no decline in demand for cosmetic procedures. In fact, according to the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery’s (AAFPRS) 2020 member survey, 70% of AAFPRS member respondents reported an increase in bookings, with nine out of ten facial plastic surgeons noting an increase of more than ten percent. Moreover, these consultations were for some of the most invasive and dramatic procedures that aesthetic surgery has to offer; eyelifts, rhinoplasties, necklifts, and facelifts.

“It was shocking to see such a massive surge in bookings during the height of the pandemic,” says Dr. Jacono. “It was clear to me that my patients were taking charge of their social isolation and getting the procedures they had always wanted but didn’t have the time to previously undergo.”

The Zoom Effect

This increase in demand is due at least in part to what the AAFPRS dubs the “Zoom Effect.”

“Because so many more people are working remotely now than ever before—and are doing so with video conferencing platforms like Zoom and Skype—they are spending more time staring at themselves on a screen,” says Dr. Jacono. “This forces us to view ourselves in new and often unflattering ways, and it becomes impossible not to hyper-fixate on imperfections that we wouldn’t otherwise notice in everyday life. To make matters worse, poor in-room lighting and awkward camera angles can actually accentuate and distort certain facial features.”

Another intriguing reason that facial plastic surgery has become more popular is the rise of telemedicine—in other words, patients speaking to their doctors with the aid of technology, like tablets, smartphones, and home computers. Thanks to these devices of convenience, clients are able to explore the world of elective procedures from the comfort of their own homes and without the added anxiety of visiting a doctor’s office.

If these changes weren’t enough, 96% of the surveyed AAFPRS members said that not having to miss work during recovery served as a significant influence on patients’ decision to undergo facial plastic surgery during the pandemic.

“Because COVID-19 has rendered going into the office obsolete, people aren’t as worried about hiding the immediate results of surgery,” continues Dr. Jacono. “During the worst of the pandemic, so many of my patients explained that they had previously been afraid to get cosmetic surgery because they were worried about how their peers and coworkers would react. In a way, the pandemic was a blessing for their self-confidence.”

Spending More on Looking Better

Travel, shopping, and eating out were among COVID’s first economic victims; in the wake of worldwide shutdowns, countless small and large businesses have closed their doors to the public, leaving millions without ready access to some of their choicest pleasures.

On the bright side, this has left some people with thicker wallets.

“The fact of the matter is that, in the last two years, almost all of my working patients have had significantly reduced expenditures,” says Dr. Jacono. “They’re not spending as much money as they normally would on things like food, clothing, and vacations. Instead, they’re investing in self-care.”

This extra discretionary income, coupled with much less time out in public, has created the perfect opportunity for people to undergo elective cosmetic surgery—and surgery almost exclusively. According to the AAFPRS, while the demand for cosmetic surgical procedures has increased during the pandemic, the demand for temporary solutions, like dermal fillers, has actually decreased.

“In my view, this fall in dermal filler demand is due to the increasing awareness that you can’t knock more than four or five years off your appearance with filler,” says Dr. Jacono. “Discerning patients are seeking more permanent solutions to facial aging, and the pandemic has offered an under-the-radar recovery period for surgery.”

Ultimately, it’s reassuring that these shifts are occurring right now. Why wait to take the surgical plunge when this is the perfect time to look your best?

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Doctor Jacono’s desire to become a facial plastic surgeon was solidified in grade school. There was a girl on his school bus route who was born with a cleft lip and palate deformity. Unfortunately, whenever she spoke, air and words escaped through her nose. Kids teased her and were cruel, and nobody would sit next to her on the bus, so he decided to sit with her. One day, the girl had plastic surgery and returned to school with her face repaired. Suddenly, classmates saw her face instead of her deformity and immediately treated her normally. It was at that moment that Doctor Jacono knew he wanted to fix people’s faces and change their lives. This is why he has gone on over twenty plastic surgery missions to poor countries around the world and provided free cleft lip and surgery for birth defects to over 500 children.

Because of this experience in his childhood, Doctor Jacono understands that one of our basic needs as human beings is to feel confident about our appearance. It’s is Doctor Jacono’s passion to help his patients achieve their facial aesthetic goals, creating natural appearing results to either enhance their beauty and proportion or rejuvenate their aging appearance. He is a world-renowned leader in the field of facial plastic surgery and only performs surgery on the face, not the body. He has innovated many facelift, eyelid lift, and rhinoplasty surgical techniques, publishing in leading peer reviewed literature and lecturing at plastic surgery conferences all over the world. He is committed to sharing what he has learned teaching surgeons from around the world.

His approach is to maintain your uniqueness and facial identity; it is still you just better. To do this he uses a customized, bespoke approach to each patient employing the most minimally invasive, innovative, and cutting-edge technology. Doctor Jacono has never performed the same procedure on any two of the thousands of patients he has treated. He is committed to providing his surgical expertise in a caring, supportive environment with a professional staff that has you as their focus and concern.