Digital Health In Plastic Surgery And Cosmetics

On February 9, 2037 at 6:48 a.m. your smart sleep alarm nudges you to wake up. Picking up your phone and activating the front camera, you take your daily selfie. This one is not for social media but rather it’s to have a smart algorithm analyse the picture. It will subsequently determine whether your personalised ointment is effective against those pesky acnes.  After getting a report in seconds, you make your way to the bathroom to freshen up before making breakfast. As you sip your coffee, you get a reminder from your telehealth app that your dental surgery is coming up later this week. It also sends a notification that lets you visualise and customise, through augmented reality (AR) technology, how you would like your teeth to look like after the reconstructive procedure. 2037 might seem like it’s in the distant future, but the technologies depicted are already a reality today. Artificial intelligence (A.I.), AR, facial recognition technology and other internet-connected tools will give reconstructive surgery, dentistry and healthcare as a whole an overdue facelift; essentially setting the pace for a so-called cyber-aesthetics era.  These technologies assist medical professionals in their craft, while also democratising access to care and one’s own data outside the confines of the ivory tower of medicine. Join us as we take a peek into the technologies shaping up the future of aesthetic medicine. A.I. for prognoses, diagnoses and planning in...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Augmented Reality Digital Health Research Security & Privacy AI Surgery aesthetics facial recognition Mayo Clinic facelift plastic surgery ML Face2Gene Nuralogix SmartTek Kapanu Invisalig Source Type: blogs