A recent study conducted by the University of Toronto gathered medical students and asked them to assess 60 volunteers between the ages of 45-72, and were asked to approximate their ages based on the patient’s pictures before and after the surgery was performed. The research entitled “Perceived Age Change after Aesthetic Facial Surgical Procedures” concluded that patients looked an average of 7.2 years younger after cosmetic or plastic surgery. The lead author of the study, Dr. Nitin Chauhan, said that this study could be used by plastic surgeons all over the world to educate patients about the kind of results that they could possibly see after the procedure has been performed.
