Plastic Surgery Statistics

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Plastic Surgery Statistics

The plastic surgery industry is currently experiencing unprecedented growth.
In the United States alone, approximately 8.7 million plastic surgery procedures
were performed. This was a 33% increase from 2002, and a 293% increase from
1997. Of the plastic surgery procedures performed in 2003, 80% were minimally
invasive non-surgical procedures (an increase of 43% from 2002), and 20% were
surgical procedures (an increase of 5% from 2002).

The following outlines some interesting plastic surgery statistics:

• 8.7 million plastic surgery procedures in 2003 (33% increase from 2002)
• 1.7 million were surgical procedures (5% increase from 2002)
• 7.0 million were non-surgical procedures (43% increase from 2002)

For surgical procedures, the most popular in 2003 were:

• Nose reshaping (356,664 performed)
• Liposuction (320,022 performed)
• Breast augmentation (254,140 performed)
• Eyelid surgery (246,633 performed)
• Facelift (128,667 performed)

For non-surgical procedures, the most popular in 2003 were:

• Botox injections (2,891,390 performed)
• Chemical peel (995,238 performed)
• Microdermabrasion (935,984 performed)
• Laser Hair Removal (623,297 performed)
• Collagen injections (576,255 performed)
• 86% of cosmetic surgery patients are women, while the remaining 13% are
  men

For women, the most popular surgical procedures performed were:

• Liposuction (287,930 performed - 25% increase from 2002)
• Breast augmentation (254,140 performed - 7% increase from 2002)
• Nose reshaping (226,780 performed - 8% increase from 2002)

For non-surgical procedures:

• Botox injections (2,557,834 performed - 158% increase from 2002)
• Chemical peel (891,321 performed - 16% increase from 2002)
• Microdermabrasion (694,100 performed - 10% decrease from 2002)

For men, the most popular surgical procedures performed were:

• Nose reshaping (129,774 performed - 11% decrease from 2002)
• Eyelid surgery (46,308 performed - 5% increase from 2002)
• Liposuction (32,092 performed- 39% decrease from 2002)

For non-surgical procedures:

• Botox injections (333,556 performed - 152% increase from 2002)
• Microdermabrasion (241,884 performed - 87% increase from 2002)
• Laser hair removal (173,279 performed - 69% increase from 2002)
• 45% of patients were within the 35-50 year old age demographic.
• About 50% of cosmetic surgery procedures were performed on repeat patients.
• About 33% of patients had multiple procedures done in one session.

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