Recently the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery released its 2011 cosmetic surgery statistics. Their data shows that over 9.2 million cosmetic surgical and non-surgical procedures were performed in 2011.There were over 1.6 million cosmetic surgery procedures performed last year. The top five procedures included:
- Liposuction(325,332)
- Breast augmentation (316,848)
- Abdominoplasty (149,410)
- Eyelid surgery (147,540)
- Breast lift (127,054)
Non-invasive cosmetic surgery procedures totaled 7.5 million procedures in 2011. The top five minimally invasive cosmetic procedures included:
- Botox injections (4,030,318)
- Filler injections(1,662,480)
- Laser hair removal(1,452,880)
- Microdermabrasion (794,357)
- IPL laser treatment (726,125)
The large number of cosmetic surgical procedures that are currently performed is related to several factors. One of the most significant factors is that the baby boomers have reached the age where they benefit from these procedures. Also, cosmetic surgery appears to be more acceptable to a larger percentage of people.
At Aesthetic Surgical Images, in Omaha, we feel that our distribution of Cosmetic Surgery patients is similar to the reported data.
