Table 1 The specific search query for each database (till 30th December 2022)

PubMed

("Artificial intelligence" OR "Machine learning" OR "deep learning" OR "neural network" OR "machine intelligence") AND ("cosmetic" OR "aesthetic" OR "facial") AND "surgery"

256

Google Scholar

allintitle:("Artificial intelligence" OR "Machine learning" OR "deep learning" OR "neural network" OR "machine intelligence") AND ("cosmetic" OR "aesthetic" OR "facial") AND "surgery"

21

Scopus

TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( "Artificial intelligence" OR "Machine learning" OR "deep learning" OR "neural network" OR "machine intelligence" ) AND ( "cosmetic" OR "aesthetic" OR "facial" ) AND "surgery" )

245

Embase

('artificial intelligence'/exp OR 'artificial intelligence' OR 'machine learning'/exp OR 'machine learning' OR 'deep learning'/exp OR 'deep learning' OR 'neural network'/exp OR 'neural network' OR 'machine intelligence'/exp OR 'machine intelligence') AND ('cosmetic'/exp OR 'cosmetic' OR 'aesthetic' OR 'facial') AND ('surgery'/exp OR 'surgery')

701

Web of Science

("Artificial intelligence" OR "Machine learning" OR "deep learning" OR "neural network" OR "machine intelligence") AND ("cosmetic" OR "aesthetic" OR "facial") AND "surgery"

178

IEEE

("Artificial intelligence" OR "Machine learning" OR "deep learning" OR "neural network" OR "machine intelligence") AND ("cosmetic" OR "aesthetic" OR "facial") AND "surgery"

65