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.
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