Plastic surgery

Plastic surgery is a highly specialized area of medicine for body contouring, facial feature modification, and skin treatment. Common invasive plastic surgery treatments include Breast Augmentation, Breast Lift, Breast Reduction, Post-Bariatric, Liposuction, Tummy Tuck, Facelift, Eyelid Surgery, and Rhinoplasty. More often, plastic surgery patients undergo less or minimally-invasive procedures including Lip Augmentation, Chemical Peels, Hair Removal, Microdermabrasion, Spider Vein Treatment, and Laser Skin Resurfacing.  The most popular procedure performed by plastic surgeons is Botox, the muscle relaxer that reduces the appearance of facial wrinkles.

Top plastic surgery procedures (USA)

 Surgical

 # of procedures

 Non-surgical

 # of procedures

Liposuction

 456,828

 Botox

 2,775,176

Breast Augmentation

 399,440

 Hyaluronic Acid Fillers (e.g. Restylane, Juvederm)

 1,448,716

Eyelid Surgery

 240,763

 Laser Hair Removal

 1,412,657

Tummy Tuck

 185,335

 Microdermabrasion

 829,658

Breast Reduction (female)

 153,087

 Laser Skin Resurfacing

 647,707

 * Reported by the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (surgery.org)


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