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Information collected by the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) for 2008
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<P align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><IMG alt="ASAPS Banner" hspace=9 src="https://www.consultingroom.com/Storage/Statistics/asaps_logo_title.gif" border=1></SPAN></P><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The 2400-member American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) is the only plastic surgery organization devoted entirely to the advancement of cosmetic surgery. ASAPS is recognized throughout the world as the authoritative source for cosmetic surgery education. U.S. and Canadian members are certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. </SPAN><BR></SPAN><BR> <DIV align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: #663399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #663399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Here are the highlights of the 2008 cosmetic surgery statistics released by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #663399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #663399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <DIV align=center>2008 marks the twelfth consecutive year that multi-specialty data has been collected on these procedures.</DIV> <DIV align=center> </DIV> <DIV align=center><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" alt="ASAPS 2008 Cosmetic Surgery Trends" src="https://www.consultingroom.com/Storage/Statistics/12yrcomp_2008.jpg"></DIV> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left>There were over <STRONG>10 million surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures </STRONG>performed in the United States in 2008, as reported by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). <STRONG>Surgical</STRONG> procedures accounted for <STRONG>17%</STRONG> of the total with <STRONG>nonsurgical</STRONG> procedures making up <STRONG>83%</STRONG> of the total.</DIV></LI></UL> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left>From <STRONG>2007-2008</STRONG>, there was over a <STRONG>12 percent decrease </STRONG>in the total number of cosmetic procedures. <STRONG>Surgical</STRONG> procedures <STRONG>decreased by 15 percent</STRONG>, and <STRONG>nonsurgical</STRONG> procedures <STRONG>decreased by almost 12 percent</STRONG>.</DIV></LI></UL> <P align=left> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 625px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellPadding=5 align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <P align=center><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" alt="ASAPS Surgical Trends 2008" src="https://www.consultingroom.com/Storage/Statistics/surg_trend_2008.jpg"></P></TD> <TD> <P align=center><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" alt="ASAPS Non-Surgical Trends 2008" src="https://www.consultingroom.com/Storage/Statistics/nonsurg_trend_2008.jpg"></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left><STRONG>Since 1997</STRONG>, there has been over <STRONG>162 percent increase</STRONG> in the total number of cosmetic procedures. <STRONG>Surgical </STRONG>procedures <STRONG>increased by almost 80 percent</STRONG>, and <STRONG>nonsurgical </STRONG>procedures <STRONG>increased by over 233 percent</STRONG>.</DIV></LI></UL> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left>The <STRONG>top five surgical</STRONG> cosmetic procedures in 2008 were: </DIV></LI></UL> <P align=center><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" alt="Top 5 Surgical Procedures 2008 - ASAPS" src="https://www.consultingroom.com/Storage/Statistics/top5_surg2008.jpg"></P> <OL dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <OL> <LI> <DIV align=left><STRONG>breast augmentation</STRONG> (355,671 procedures); down 11% on last year. 53.9% of these procedures used saline implants and 46.1% used silicone implants.</DIV> <LI> <DIV align=left><STRONG>liposuction</STRONG> (341,144procedures); down a massive 25% on last year. (18% of these procedures were ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty (UAL).) <STRONG>This is down from the top ranking surgical procedure for the first time in the history of these ASAPS statistics.</STRONG></DIV> <LI> <DIV align=left><STRONG>eyelid surgery</STRONG> (195,104 procedures); a decrease of 19% on 2007.</DIV> <LI> <DIV align=left><STRONG>rhinoplasty</STRONG> (152,434 procedures); a 0.04% rise on last year.</DIV> <LI> <DIV align=left>and <STRONG>abdominoplasty </STRONG>(147,392 procedures), a 20.5% drop on 2007 figures.</DIV></LI></OL></OL> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left>The <STRONG>top five nonsurgical</STRONG> cosmetic procedures in 2008 were: </DIV></LI></UL> <P align=center><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" alt="Top 5 Non Surgical Procedures 2008 - ASAPS" src="https://www.consultingroom.com/Storage/Statistics/top5_nonsurg2008.jpg"></P> <OL dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <OL> <LI> <DIV align=left><STRONG>Botox injection</STRONG> (2,464,123 procedures); down 11% on 2007.</DIV> <LI> <DIV align=left><STRONG>laser hair removal</STRONG> (1,280,964 procedures); a decrease of 9% on last year.</DIV> <LI> <DIV align=left><STRONG>hyaluronic acid</STRONG> (1,262,848 procedures); a drop of almost 13% on 2007 figures.</DIV> <LI> <DIV align=left><STRONG>chemical peel</STRONG> (591,808 procedures); an increase of nearly 3% on last year.</DIV> <LI> <DIV align=left>and <STRONG>laser skin resurfacing</STRONG> (570,880 procedures); a rise of 12% compared to 2007. 18.1% of these procedures were performed with ablative lasers and 81.9% with non-ablative lasers.</DIV></LI></OL></OL> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left><STRONG>Women</STRONG> had <STRONG>over 9.3 million</STRONG> cosmetic procedures, almost <STRONG>92% percent of the total</STRONG>. The number of cosmetic procedures for women decreased over 11 percent from 2007.</DIV></LI></UL> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left>The <STRONG>top five surgical procedures for women </STRONG>were: <STRONG>breast augmentation</STRONG>, <STRONG>liposuction</STRONG>, <STRONG>eyelid surgery</STRONG>, <STRONG>abdominoplasty</STRONG> and <STRONG>breast reduction</STRONG>.</DIV></LI></UL> <P align=center><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" alt="Top 5 surgical procedures for women 2008 - ASAPS" src="https://www.consultingroom.com/Storage/Statistics/top5_women_2008.jpg"></P> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left><STRONG>Men</STRONG> had <STRONG>over 800,000 </STRONG>cosmetic procedures,<STRONG> 8 percent of the total</STRONG>. The number of cosmetic procedures for men decreased over 21 percent from 2007.</DIV></LI></UL> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left>The <STRONG>top five surgical procedures for men </STRONG>were: <STRONG>liposuction</STRONG>, <STRONG>rhinoplasty</STRONG>, <STRONG>eyelid surgery</STRONG>, <STRONG>breast reduction to treat enlarged male breasts</STRONG>, and <STRONG>hair transplantation</STRONG>.</DIV></LI></UL> <P align=center><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid" alt="Top 5 surgical procedures for men 2008 - ASAPS" src="https://www.consultingroom.com/Storage/Statistics/top5_men_2008.jpg"></P> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left><STRONG>People age 35-50 had the most procedures</STRONG> – over 4.5 million and 45 percent of the total. People age <STRONG>19-34 </STRONG>had <STRONG>22 percent </STRONG>of procedures; age <STRONG>51-64 </STRONG>had <STRONG>26 percent</STRONG>; age <STRONG>65-and-over </STRONG>had <STRONG>6 percent</STRONG>; and age <STRONG>18-and-younger </STRONG>had almost <STRONG>2 percent.</STRONG></DIV></LI></UL> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left>The <STRONG>most common procedures for age 18-and-under </STRONG>were: <STRONG>laser hair removal</STRONG>, <STRONG>chemical peel</STRONG>, <STRONG>microdermabrasion</STRONG>, <STRONG>rhinoplasty</STRONG> and <STRONG>IPL laser treatment</STRONG>.</DIV></LI></UL> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left><STRONG>Racial and ethnic minorities, as of last year, had approximately 20 percent of all cosmetic procedures</STRONG>, a decrease of 1 percent from 2007: Hispanics, 8 percent; African-Americans, 6 percent; Asians, 4 percent; and other non-Caucasians, 2 percent.</DIV></LI></UL> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left>Where cosmetic surgeries were performed: office facility, 53 percent, hospital 19 percent; and freestanding surgicenter, 26 percent.</DIV></LI></UL> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left>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.</DIV></LI></UL> <UL> <LI> <DIV align=left>Americans spent almost <STRONG>$11.8 billion</STRONG> on cosmetic procedures last year.</DIV></LI></UL> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For more information, please visit the </SPAN><A style="COLOR: #663399" href="http://www.surgery.org/" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #663399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ASAPS website</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV></SPAN>