Aesthetic Plastic Surgery is the official journal of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the official journal of the European Association of Societies of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (EASAPS). Aesthetic Plastic Surgery provides a forum for original articles advancing the art of aesthetic plastic surgery. Many describe surgical craftsmanship; others deal with complications in surgical procedures and methods by which to treat or avoid them. Coverage includes ''second thoughts'' on established techniques, which might be abandoned, modified, or improved. Also included are case histories; improvements in surgical instruments, pharmaceuticals, and operating room equipment; and discussions of problems such as the role of psychosocial factors in the doctor-patient and the patient-public interrelationships. Perhaps most important is the discussion of the role of aesthetic plastic surgery as the final step in the rehabilitation of patients undergoing longstanding and tedious reconstructive surgery for the repair of congenital, acquired, accidental, and neoplastic defects. Springer is pleased to offer APS authors the opportunity to have their submissions reviewed and edited by an independent language editor prior to submission. The following four contractors have been selected specifically for their English as a second language (ESL) capabilities and their years of experience with scientific manuscripts. Interested authors should contact any of the following contractors for language editing assistance; authors are directly responsible for all payments to these contractors: American Journal Experts www.JournalExperts.com Joanne Jay The Egerton Group jjay@egertongroup.com 914-762-4020 Kaitlin Severini Kaitlin.severini@gmail.com 732-996-4839 Carl Richmond Carl.richmond@comcast.net 831-920-1095 Aesthetic Plastic Surgery is covered in Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, SciSearch, Research Alert, Index Medicus-Medline, and Excerpta Medica/Embase.