The use of endoscopic techniques in orthopedic, gynecological, and gen
eral surgery has had a significant effect on the traditional technique
s in those specialties. The introduction of those techniques to plasti
c surgery, particularly to aesthetic surgery, has been very slow. Howe
ver, recent interest in using endoscopic techniques in forehead plasty
, corrugator-procerus resection, and breast augmentation has opened up
countless possibilities in these and other areas of aesthetic and rec
onstructive surgery.