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ASAPS Releases 2006 Plastic Surgery Statistics
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery has released statistics on the numbers of various surgical and non-surgical procedures performed in the United States in 2006.
There were nearly 11.5 million non-surgical and surgical cosmetic procedures performed in the U.S. in 2006, according to the statistics. This figure is up one percent from the previous year.
The Aesthetic Society has been collecting data on plastic surgery since 1997. Its data shows that plastic surgery has increased about 446 percent since that time.
“The FDA approval of silicone breast implants in late 2006 seems to have made an impact, as silicone implants are up 18 percent from 2005. For the first time breast augmentation is the top surgical procedure for women, although lipoplasty continues to be the top overall surgical procedure as it has been since the Aesthetic Society started collecting nationwide procedural statistics in 1997,” said James Stuzin, MD, president of the Aesthetic Society.
Data Highlights
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· Among surgical procedures, liposuction was the most commonly performed, with 403,684 procedures. There were 383,886 breast augmentations; 209,999 eyelid surgeries; 172,457 abdominoplasties; and 169,314 female breast reductions.
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· The top non-surgical procedure was Botox injection, with 3,181,592 performed. Coming in at 2nd with 1,593,554 procedures was hyaluronic acid treatment. There were also 1,475,296 laser hair removal procedures; 993,071 microdermabrasions; and 556,172 laser skin resurfacing procedures.
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· Almost half of all plastic surgery patients – 47 percent – were 35 to 50 years old.
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· There were more procedures performed on patients between the ages of 51 and 64 (2.9 million) than on patients between the ages of 19 and 34 (2.5 million).
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· Only one percent of people who had plastic surgery were 18 years old or younger.
· Americans spent almost $12.2 billion on plastic surgery procedures.
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· Americans spent $7.6 billion on cosmetic surgical procedures, and $4.5 billion for non-surgical procedures.
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