Cosmetic Surgery Rebounds Along with Economy
March 2nd, 2011
In a rather tacky headline: “Economy, Boob Jobs Grow” that was surely meant to grab attention, ABC announces that breast enlargement surgery procedures are increasing, as the economy shows signs of recovery. I couldn’t agree more, but they could have chosen a slightly more elegant way to state this statistic. In fact, after a few years of sluggish growth, there does seem to be an upward trend in all categories of cosmetic surgery, those procedures perhaps offering a less flashy title for their headline.
Leading the pack by the numbers are non-evasive fillers and injectables like Botox ® by a sizable margin. According to the The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), their combined total is well over 3,870,000 procedures.
The breakdown by age is as follows: People age 35-50 had the most procedures – almost 4.5 million and 44 percent of the total. People age 19-34 had 20 percent of procedures; age 51-64 had 27 percent; age 65-and-over had 7 percent; and teens 18-and-younger had 2 percent.
And finally, as it is with my own practice, women represent the majority. About 90% of cosmetic surgery patients are women, having over 9 million cosmetic procedures last year.
Aging Gracefully, the European Way
February 23rd, 2011
According to a recent article in the New York Times, the objective of plastic surgery in Europe, says Dr. Michel Soussaline, a Paris surgeon with more than 30 years of experience, is “to keep the natural beauty and charm of each individual woman, not to fit some current ideal of beauty.â€
We will likely see the opposite of this philosophy during the parade of Hollywood stars on Red Carpet this Sunday. The Academy Awards receives worldwide attention, only partly due to handing out the coveted Oscar statues. The rest of the media hype revolves around fashion, make-up and cosmetic surgery, and especially targeting those who look less than divine.
It has been reported that American women who particularly spend so lavishly on cosmetic surgery, fillers and wrinkle potions, prefer to be noticed. I tend to agree with this premise. However, by contrast, European women are more discrete and are genuinely thrilled when nobody notices a little Nipntuck. We’ll see if this year’s Oscar coverage fulfills these claims.
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