The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery indicates in the annual report, that 11.7 million cosmetic procedures were performed in the US in 2007. The cost of all of them is roughly $13.2 billion. According to the report, since 1997 surgical procedures have increased by 114%, while nonsurgical procedures rose by 754%. 18% of the procedures performed in 2007 were surgical.
The Most Popular Cosmetic Surgical Procedures
The most popular cosmetic surgical procedure in 2007 was liposuction: about 500 operations were performed. The next four popular operations five were breast augmentation, eyelid surgery, abdominoplasty (or tummy tuck), and breast reduction.
The Most Popular Nonsurgical Procedures
Botox injections were absolutely on the top of the most popular nonsurgical procedures: nearly 2.8 million treatments. The next most popular were hyaluronic acid injections, but they can be hardly compared with Botox injections, as they were about half of the number of Botox procedures. The next nonsurgical procedures making the top five were laser hair removal, microdermabrasion and laser skin resurfacing.
Women Are Fond of Cosmetic Procedures
The vast majority of patients going under the knife were women: 91% of the procedures (10.6 million) performed in 2007 were on female patients. Unfortunately, there were lots of women undergoing surgical cosmetic procedures only for cosmetic reasons. When will natural beauty finally be popular?
March 4th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
i think many americans (both men and women) are just very fat and obese. This is why liposuction has become so popular
March 7th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
This is very sad. I think, women MUST stop it and understand, that they are beautiful as they were created by nature. Plastic surgery doesn’t make one happy, it doesn’t change life for the better, it doesn’t make other people love you. They need no surgeon, but a good psychoanalyst. All they need is a higher self-esteem.
March 7th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Absolutely agree with Pola. It’s a pity, natural beauty doesn’t have a high rating.
March 9th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
My mom is 48 and wants a botox injection. I totally support her, as it will make her look younger, and I don’t see any conts. Every woman has the right to change her body the way she wants, no matter if she would need surgery or not.
March 10th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Even in other races and cultures, plastic surgery is fast becoming a trend. In the near future, there could be specified surgical operations depending on the ethnicity.
July 13th, 2008 at 2:59 am
I live in America, but I’ve never met anyone that has undergone such an operation. I find it disgusting. Why would anyone have that done to their face? ew….
July 21st, 2008 at 8:36 pm
[...] Plastic surgery is now at its peak of popularity. The female body has some zones where the concentration of depot fat is very high: knees, belly, waist and chin. The struggle against obesity with only diets and exercising is sometimes helpless. This is when lipoaspiration (also called liposuction) is irreplaceable. [...]