Economic Boost Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Procedures UP in 2010

Increasing Cosmetic Nips, Tucks and Plastic Surgeries Indicate Economic Boost
Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Procedures UP in 2010 – A Reported 13.1 Million Body Parts Altered.

American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) reported percentage increases in 2010 for cosmetic plastic surgery procedures from the prior year.

Despite the two-year economic downturn, facelifts, breast augmentations, tummy tucks, eyelid lifts, nose reshaping, liposuction and minimally invasive procedures have rebounded sharply, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and two recent articles: “Nips, Tucks, Lifts, and Other Cosmetic Procedures Up as U.S. Economy Improves” and “Plastic Surgery In Demand … If the number of tummy tucks and other procedures is truly an economic indicator, good times are coming back.”

ASPS also reported 113, 000 facelift surgeries in the USA in 2010, a 9% rise, which was flat from 2007 to 2009. In addition reconstructive plastic surgeries rose 2% in 2010 from 2009. Breast augmentation procedures increased by 2%. Breast augmentation was the procedure most in demand, totaling 296,000 in 2010. Silicone implants were used in 60% of the procedures, placing silicone over saline implant options.
Here is the list of the top five cosmetic surgical procedures:

• Breast augmentation, 296,000
• Nose reshaping, 252,000
• Eyelid surgery, 209,000
• Liposuction, 203,000
• Tummy tucks, 116,000

Body Shaping and Contouring also on the Rise
APSC revealed an increase in all surgical body shaping and contouring procedures, such as breast, body, arm and thigh lifts:

• 90,000 breast lifts, which was a 3% rise
• 10,000 lower body lifts, up 9%
• 15,000 upper arm lifts, up 5%
• 9,000 thigh lifts, up 8%

Weight loss, medical and otherwise resulted in many of the body contouring procedures. After patients lose weight, they request body contouring procedures to remove excess skin, flab and fat.

Minimally invasive procedures to improve appearances also rose, by 5% in 2010, to nearly 11.6 million procedures. Those top five procedures included:

• Botox type A, 5.4 million
• Soft tissue fillers, 1.8 million
• Chemical peels, 1.1 million
• Laser hair removal, 938,000
• Microdermabrasion, 825,000

Despite the economic climate, injectables and fillers have held steady and remained robust over the last two years. Botox and Dysport were up 12% and fat injections were also up 14%. Fat injections and new uses of fat transfers are becoming more popular as the industry innovates on re-purposing fat in more creative ways to rejuvenate the face, breasts and body.
The ASPS stated that breast reconstruction rose 8% in 2010 and replaced maxillofacial surgery in the top five reconstructive procedures, which were:

• Tumor removal, 4 million
• Laceration repair, 357,000
• Scar revision, 161,000
• Hand surgery, 106,000
• Breast reconstruction, 93,000

Body Contouring, Liposuction, lipo and liposculpting, laser assisted and water assisted procedures also continued to rise in 2010.
All-in-all the number of procedures and rise in cosmetic and plastic surgeries across-the-board indicate better economic times are on the horizon.