Breasts regain their number
one status:
Breast augmentation has regained its status in 2012 as the leading surgical
procedure in the United States after slipping back into second position in
2011. This is no surprise; today's low cut and scooped out tops demand
attractive cleavage. Also, we offer noninvasive breast augmentation with fat grafting. Women have traditionally favored silicone, but now fat transfers
offer a natural look and feel. There were 369,928 breast augmentations
performed in 2012 compared with 316,848 in 2011.
Last year's frontrunner, liposuction or liposculpture, had
313,011 procedures in 2012 compared with 325,332 procedures in 2011. Americans
used noninvasive technologies to get rid of unwanted pockets of fat in 2012.
The face is up front and
center
: You can't ignore the face when Facebook, LinkedIn and a million and one dating sites put it...in
your face. The facelift went from 116,086
procedures in 2011 to 119,006 procedures in 2012. This growth is especially
significant when you consider the huge proliferation of noninvasive injectable,
laser and other skin tightening
procedures we have been spending money on. Botox is still the leader of the
pack, skyrocketing from 2,619,739 procedures in 2011 to 3,257,913 procedures in
2012.
Rhinoplasty aka "the nose
job" also had a healthy increase, from 126,107
procedures in 2011 to 143,801 procedures in 2012. But otoplasty (ear surgery) also increased. Both rhinoplasty and otoplasty procedures
made headlines in 2012 when some parents agreed to allow their children to
undergo these procedures so these children would not be bullied.
The "stronger"
sex:
Men are not only removing body hair, they are
also paring down their overdeveloped breasts. Gynecomastia (male breast reduction) had significant growth, from 17,645 procedures in 2011 to 22,736 in 2012.
Weight loss-related surgeries:
With the growing phenomenon of bariatric surgery and the
extreme skin laxity that follows dramatic weight loss, body contouring surgery shows steady growth. Lower body lift rose from 9175 to 10,119, abdominoplasty rose from
149,410 surgeries in 2011 to 156,508 surgeries in 2012, upper arm lift rose from 18,709 to 22,969 and thigh lift from 13,878 to
16,517.
These are just some of the cosmetic procedure statistics that are
making news. For more information please call our office at 858-756-5678 or visit our website at www.pacificcielo.com.
