Cosmetic Surgery

THE REASON WHY WOMEN IN THE US DO PLASTIC SURGERY

Cosmetic surgery has undergone significant technological and conceptual changes in recent years. The conceptual changes have altered the approaches to facial aging, especially as they relate to the forehead, eyelids and lower face. Technological changes include the increasing use of the laser for facial cosmetic surgery, and minimally invasive techniques for face breast and body contouring surgery. The top five procedures for most women were: liposuction, rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, breast reduction and so on.
women age 35-50 had the most procedures – over 4.5 million and 45 percent of the total. People age 19-34 had 22 percent of procedures; age 51-64 had 26 percent; age 65-and-over had 6 percent; and age 18-and-younger had almost 2 percent.
Where cosmetic surgeries were performed: office facility, 53 percent, hospital 19 percent; and free- standing surgical centers, 26 percent.
Of the doctors surveyed 74 percent say they do not offer “spa” services (e.g. wraps, facials, massages) in conjunction with their medical practices. 86 percent of the doctors say they do not work in conjunction with medical spas where nonsurgical procedures, such as injections and laser procedures are performed.
Since 1997, there has been over 162 percent increase in the total number of cosmetic procedures. Surgical procedures increased by almost 80 percent, and nonsurgical procedures increased by over 233 percent.
The top five surgical cosmetic procedures in 2008 were: breast augmentation (355,671 procedures); liposuction (341,144procedures); eyelid surgery (195,104 procedures); rhinoplasty (152,434 procedures); and abdominoplasty (147,392 procedures).
The top five surgical procedures for women were: breast augmentation, liposuction, eyelid
Men had over 800,000 cosmetic procedures, 8 percent of the total. The number of cosmetic procedures for men decreased over 21 percent from 2007.Today, the amount of surgery that is done... [continues]

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