| From reality television to spruced up celebrities, | | | | cosmetic procedures performed in the United |
| there is little doubt plastic surgery is popular these | | | | States, and a 118 percent increase in the number |
| days. Words are cheap, however, so here are the | | | | of surgical cosmetic procedures. 90 percent of |
| numbers on plastic surgery. | | | | the total 11.9 million cosmetic procedures |
| The Hard Numbers on Plastic Surgery | | | | performed in 2004 took place on female patients, |
| If you watch television, surf the Web or listen to | | | | which amounted to 10.7 million procedures. |
| any radio station, you can definitely see that | | | | The numbers on plastic surgery for the year |
| plastic surgery is extremely popular. There are | | | | 2004 also show the top five surgical procedures |
| reality shows devoted to extreme plastic surgery | | | | that took place during that year. They were: |
| makeovers and the tales of plastic surgery gone | | | | liposuction, breast augmentation, eyelid surgery, |
| wrong, and many patients have developed | | | | rhinoplasty, and facelift. The top five non-surgical |
| websites to tell their own plastic surgery stories. | | | | cosmetic procedures were as follows: Botox |
| But just how common is having these sorts of | | | | injections, laser hair removal, chemical peel, |
| cosmetic procedures? Here are some numbers on | | | | microdermabrasion, and hyaluronic acid (Restylane) |
| plastic surgery that really show how many people | | | | injections. Most of these procedures took place |
| are going under the knife. | | | | on people aged 35-50 - 45 percent of the total |
| The 2004 numbers on plastic surgery show that | | | | amount of people who had cosmetic procedures. |
| there were 11.9 million surgical and non-invasive | | | | The amount of people getting cosmetic |
| cosmetic procedures performed that year | | | | procedures, both surgical and non-invasive, has |
| (statistics provided by the American Society for | | | | been steadily increasing every year. With the |
| Aesthetic Plastic Surgery). This represents a 44 | | | | numbers clearly showing that many people prefer |
| percent increase over the amount of people that | | | | non-surgical procedures over those that require |
| had similar procedures in the year 2003. Of the | | | | surgery, medical science is sure to be developing |
| 11.9 million procedures performed, 18 percent | | | | more and more non-invasive solutions to cosmetic |
| were surgical (while the remaining were | | | | issues. |
| procedures such as injections or dermabrasion). | | | | Ricardo de Silva is with - a directory of plastic |
| From the year 1997 to the year 2004, there was | | | | surgeons. |
| a 465 percent increase in the total number of | | | | |