The 3rd International AAPRAS Congress on ‘Unfavorable Results and Complications in Plastic Surgery’ was successfully launched from the 28th to the 30th of June 2011 in Yerevan Armenia, attended by some of the most renowned plastic surgeons in the world.

The working sessions of the congress, opened on June 28 with welcome speeches of the Deputy Minister of Health of Armenia Mr. Harutyun Kushkyan, the Rector of Yerevan State Medical University Mr. Derenik Dumanian , the IPRAS President  Prof .Marita Eisenmann-Klein (Germany) and  the ESPRAS President Prof. Andreas Yiacoumettis (Greece).

After the opening ceremony, a press conference was held, covered by popular Armenian Media and attended by numerous journalists. During the press conference, important data like how to identify dangerous skin tumors and techniques of breast reconstruction and augmentation with implants or the patient`s own fat were presented. The outstanding quality of plastic surgery in Armenia was underlined. Furthermore, an introduction to the aims and scopes of IPRAS was made, stating that the International Confederation intends to inform the public about plastic surgery, highlighting also the IPRAS humanitarian missions.

During the last day of the congress, an innovative event was launched: the Armenian Public Day on Plastic Surgery. The Public Day is an IPRAS initiative, established on the purpose of inaugurating a dialogue forum with the Public. For almost two hours, top plastic surgeons informed and alerted on important issues such as breast reconstruction with fat or implants-a subject of special interest to women patients who lost their breast because of cancer or who suffer from breast asymmetries or deformities, skin tumours, safety of the liposuction procedure, etc. After their presentations, the plastic surgeons received questions by the public and a vivid dialogue took place.

The congress was organized by the Armenian Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, co-organized by the Yerevan State Medical University and held under the auspices of IPRAS (the International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery), ESPRAS (the European Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery) and ISAPS (the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery).