Study examines factors that may predict if patients will be satisfied with facial plastic surgery

Monday, May 17, 2010 - 15:01 in Health & Medicine

A study of patients undergoing elective facial plastic surgery suggests that older patients and those currently being treated for depression may be more likely to be satisfied with the results of their procedures, whereas overall optimism and pessimism do not appear related to satisfaction with surgical outcomes, according to a report in the May/June issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.

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