We were delighted to accept the responsibility of editing a special number for Gland Surgery journal over breast aesthetics.Aesthetic breast surgery is one of the most challenging areas of aesthetic surgery because it requires knowledge and expertise in the management of shape, volume, asymmetries, scars, tissues, new materials, etc.Unfortunately, it is commonly mentioned worldwide as an artistic surgical approach; instead, we think that it needs scientific judgement, fundamentally determined by medical knowledge, accumulated over the years by medical training and practice, based on the self-reinforcing process of trial and error.Only with this scientific approach we can achieve safety, minimize complications, improve the recovery process, and obtain the best possible aesthetic outcome.
