Terms & Conditions
Terms and Conditions of www.cosmeticsurgery.org
Introduction
These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) are entered into by and between you (or “User”) and the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery and Cosmetic Surgery Foundation (“AACS,” “we,” or “us”). The Terms, including any documents expressly incorporated by reference, govern the use of this website, www.cosmeticsurgery.org (“Website”), whether as a guest or a member of AACS.
Please read these Terms carefully. By using the Website, you accept and agree to be bound by and abide by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.
This Website is provided by:
American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery & Cosmetic Surgery Foundation
675 Tollgate Rd, Suite G
Elgin, Illinois 60123
(312) 981-6760
AACS contact email: [email protected]
Content on this Website
Unless otherwise specified or clearly recognizable, all content available on this Website is owned or provided by AACS or its licensors.
The information provided on this Website is made available for general informational purposes only. AACS strives to ensure that the content provided on this Website is accurate and complete. However, we do not make any representations or warranties regarding the Website’s content and disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from reliance placed on the Website and materials referenced therein. In addition, AACS does not endorse any medical providers or practices. You are solely responsible for investigating and determining whether a particular medical provider or procedure is appropriate for you.
This Website may include content provided by third-parties, including prospective employers. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of AACS. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third-party for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.
Access to external resources
Through this Website, Users may have access to external resources provided by third-parties. Users acknowledge and accept that AACS has no control over such resources and is therefore not responsible for their content or availability. If you decide to access any of the third-party content, you do so entirely at your own risk.
Conditions applicable to any resources provided by third-parties, including those applicable to any possible grant of rights in content, result from each such third-parties’ terms and conditions or, in the absence of those, applicable statutory law.
No Waiver
AACS’s failure to assert any right under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of any such right. No waiver shall be considered a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term.
Website interruption; Termination
AACS reserves the right to interrupt the Website for maintenance, system updates or any other changes, with or without notice to Users. AACS may also suspend or discontinue the Website or portions of the Website. Additionally, the Website might not be available due to reasons outside of AACS’s reasonable control, such as “force majeure” events (infrastructural breakdowns or blackouts etc.).
Account Security
To access certain resources available on the Website, including the members-only portion of the Website, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Website or otherwise is governed by our Privacy Policy.
If you choose, or are provided with, a username, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your member account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your username, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security.
We have the right to disable any username, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms.
Intellectual property rights
Without prejudice to any more specific provision of these Terms, any intellectual property rights, such as copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights and design rights related to this Website are the exclusive property of AACS or its licensors and are subject to the protection granted by applicable laws or international treaties relating to intellectual property.
All trademarks, trade names, service marks, illustrations, images, or logos appearing in connection with this Website are, and remain, the exclusive property of AACS or its licensors and are subject to the protection granted by applicable laws relating to intellectual property.
These terms permit you to use the Website for your personal, non-commercial use only. Without limiting the foregoing, you must not:
- Modify copies of any materials from this Website; and/or
- Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.
If you would like to use materials on the Website for a purpose other than those set out in this section, please address your request to: [email protected].
Changes to these Terms
AACS reserves the right to amend or otherwise modify these Terms at any time. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. AACS may also notify AACS members by email to the primary email associated with their member accounts that these Terms have changed. AACS members are responsible for ensuring AACS has up-to-date, active, and deliverable email addresses for them.
The continued use of the Website will signify the User’s acceptance of the revised Terms. If Users do not wish to be bound by the changes, they must stop using the Service and may terminate the Agreement.
Assignment of contract
AACS reserves the right to transfer, assign, dispose of by novation, or subcontract any or all rights or obligations under these Terms. Provisions regarding changes of these Terms will apply accordingly.
Users may not assign or transfer their rights or obligations under these Terms in any way, without the written permission of AACS.
Contacts
All communications relating to the use of this Website must be sent using the contact information stated in this document.
Disclaimer of Warranties
You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “WITH ALL FAULTS,” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER AACS NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH AACS MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER AACS NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH AACS REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, AACS HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless AACS, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, members, owners, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns (collectively, “Indemnified Persons”) from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, any use of the Website’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms, or your use of any information obtained from the Website.
Liability Release, Waiver, and Limitations
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT Possible pursuant to applicable LAW, You KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND IRREVOCABLY RELEASE FROM ALL LIABILITY, WAIVE ALL CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST, AND COVENANT NOT TO MAKE OR BRING ANY CLAIM OR ACTION AGAINST ANY OF THE INDEMNIFIED PERSONS (defined above) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, OR ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES.
IN NO EVENT SHALL the indemnified persons BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.
The Liability Releases, waivers, COVENANTS, aNd limitations STATED herein apply even if your remedies under these Terms fail their essential purpose. AACS and you entered into these Terms in reliance upon the Liability Releases, waivers, COVENANTS, aNd limitations STATED herein, the same reflect an allocation of risk between AACS and you (including the risk that a contract remedy may fail of its essential purpose and cause consequential loss), and the same form an essential basis of the bargain between AACS and you.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
All matters relating to the Website and these Terms, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of Illinois without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.
Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of Illinois, in each case located in Cook County, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action, or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms in your country of residence or any other relevant country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.
Limitation on Time to File Claims
ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE WEBSITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES; OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
Severability
Should any provision of these Terms be deemed or become invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect.
Online Purchases and Click-Through Agreements
These Terms govern your access and use of the Website. AACS offers memberships, event registrations, services, and products through the Website. Other terms may apply to the sale of memberships, event registrations, services, and products offered on the Website. In addition, before using certain features on the Website, you may be asked to indicate your acceptance of separate terms by clicking a button marked “I Accept and Agree” or other words that similarly acknowledge your consent or acceptance of a click-through agreement. To the extent the click-through agreement includes additional terms, or there is a conflict between these Terms and the terms of the click-through agreement, the click-through agreement will govern.
Entire Agreement
The Terms and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and AACS regarding the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Website.
Latest update: July 13, 2026