AI is already shaping the future of plastic surgery
From unrealistic visualisations to the chat-driven clinic: inside the new era of AI-influenced aesthetic medicine
Black News 
Before Layla*, a 33-year-old in Brooklyn, went to Seoul for cosmetic surgery in 2025, she consulted ChatGPT. She didn’t speak the language or understand the menus, so she cross-referenced the procedures using AI. “There’s a comfort in having something to bounce all the racing thoughts you have about plastic surgery, when you don’t want to exhaust your friends, because it’s a life-altering decision that’s constantly on your mind,” she says. “I used Chat to see what was possible – andhellip;
read more raquo;
