Plastic Surgery Procedures Maintain Steady Growth in 2007
Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Spending Increases 9 Percent to $12.4 Billion (read this article)
If you don’t have time, here are some interesting statistics:
- almost 12 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures were performed in 2007, a 7% increase from 2006 and a 59% increase from 2000.
- The top five surgical procedures [in 2007] were breast augmentation (348,000, up 6 percent), liposuction (302,000, unchanged), nose reshaping (285,000, down 7 percent), eyelid surgery (241,000, up 3 percent), and tummy tuck (148,000, up 1 percent).
- Minimally-invasive cosmetic procedures rose by nine percent, to nearly 10 million procedures. With a hefty increase in demand, hyaluronic acid fillers (Restylane®, Hylaform®, Hylaform Plus®, and JuvedermTM) jumped from fifth most popular in 2006 to second most popular in 2007. The top five minimally-invasive procedures were Botox® (4.6 million, up 13 percent from 2006), hyaluronic acid fillers (1.1 million, up 35 percent), chemical peel (1 million, down 4 percent), laser hair removal (906,000, up 2 percent) and microdermabrasion (897,000, up 10 percent).