The CSFPS was founded in 1998 as an autonomous professional society representing the specialty of facial plastic surgery. The mission of the CSFPS is: To promote the highest quality facial plastic surgery through education, dissemination of professional information, and the establishment of professional standards. To achieve understanding and recognition of the specialty of facial plastic surgery by the medical profession, hospitals, and other medical care entities, legislative and regulatory bodies, and the public at large. To define facial plastic surgery as a specialty that requires intensive training and competence, embodies high ethical standards, artistic ideals, commitment to humanitarian service, and a desire to enhance the quality of human life.