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Peer-reviewed The American Journal of Surgery

A systematic review of patient regret after surgery

Cited in 2 Likelier entries (0 risks, 2 decisions).

Used in 2 entries

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  1. [1] Cosmetic surgery Decision · action side
    Statistic
    Regret after elective plastic surgery ranges from 5–33%; breast augmentation 5.1–9.1%, body contouring 10.82–33.3%
    “"Regret after elective plastic surgery operations is significantly higher compared to gender-affirming surgery. The percentage of patients reporting regret ranged from 0 to 47.1% in breast reconstruction, 5.1–9.1% in breast augmentation, and 10.82–33.3% in body contouring."”
    Calculation notes
    2024 AJS systematic review of patient regret across surgical subspecialties. Reported ranges for cosmetic procedures: breast augmentation 5.1–9.1%, body contouring 10.82–33.3%. The review provides the most comprehensive cross-specialty data. We use ~10% as the approximate midpoint of the cosmetic (non-reconstructive) range, acknowledging the enormous variance by procedure type. Preoperative education and postoperative complications are the strongest predictors of regret.
    

    Source date: 2024-04-30 · Accessed: 2026-04-26

  2. [2] Breast augmentation Decision · action side
    Statistic
    Regret after breast augmentation: 5.1–9.1%
    “"Regret after elective plastic surgery operations is significantly higher compared to gender-affirming surgery. The percentage of patients reporting regret ranged from 0 to 47.1% in breast reconstruction, 5.1–9.1% in breast augmentation, and 10.82–33.3% in body contouring."”
    Calculation notes
    2024 AJS systematic review of patient regret across surgical subspecialties. Breast augmentation-specific subrange: 5.1–9.1%. We use 7% as the approximate midpoint. This is the most procedure-specific regret figure available in the peer-reviewed literature for cosmetic breast augmentation.
    

    Source date: 2024-04-30 · Accessed: 2026-05-10