ArticleAesthetic plastic surgery2026
European Patient Views on the Use of a Bio-absorbable Internal Bra in Aesthetic Breast Surgery: Insights from 2,338 Women.
Article in Aesthetic plastic surgery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.
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Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- The Fallacy of the Bioengineered Breast.Annals of plastic surgery · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
8 authors.
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Abstract
objectivesThis study evaluated the factors considered by women who are planning to have, and who have had aesthetic breast surgery, aimed to understand the importance of cost, quantify interest and willingness to pay for Product X, a bio-absorbable internal bra (GalaFLEX™ Scaffold) and identify its most and least appreciated attributes.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional, self-completed, online questionnaire in 2338 adult women from three European countries who had undergone breast surgery or were considering breast surgery. Each participant was assigned to either group 1 (previously had breast surgery) or group 2 (considering breast surgery).
results28% of respondents had undergone at least one aesthetic breast surgery. The surgeon's reputation and qualifications were ranked highest by majority of women in both groups. 76% of women were interested or very interested in this internal bra. 63% said they would be willing to pay an additional €1500 for the procedure if their surgeon recommended using Product X. Willingness to pay increased in-line with household income and with the amount they had paid or were considering paying for their next procedure.
conclusionsThe survey showed that cost was not the primary consideration and that there was a high interest and willingness to pay for GalaFLEX LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
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