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Highlights of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2007 Statistics on Cosmetic Surgery:

There were nearly 11.7 million surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures performed in the United States in 2007, as reported by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

• The top five surgical cosmetic procedures in 2007 were:

liposuction (456,828 procedures);

breast augmentation (399,440 procedures);

eyelid surgery (240,763 procedures);

abdominoplasty (185,335 procedures);

and breast reduction (153,087)

• The top five nonsurgical cosmetic procedures in 2007 were:

Botox injection (2,775,176 procedures);

hyaluronic acid (1,448,716 procedures);

laser hair removal (1,412,657 procedures);

microdermabrasion (829,658 procedures); and

IPL laser treatment (647,707 procedures).

• Women had nearly 10.6 million cosmetic procedures, representing 91 percent of the total.

• Men had nearly 1.1 million cosmetic procedures, 9 percent of the total. The number of cosmetic procedures for men increased 17 percent from 2006 to 2007.

• Since 1997, there has been a 457 percent increase in the total number of cosmetic procedures. Surgical procedures increased by 114 percent, and nonsurgical procedures increased by 754 percent.

• The top five surgical procedures for men were: liposuction, eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, breast reduction to treat enlarged male breasts, and hair transplantation.

• People ages 19- 34 had 21 percent of procedures; ages 51-64 had 25 percent; ages 65 and over had 6 percent; and ages 18 and younger had less than 2 percent.

• Americans spent just less than $13.2 billion on cosmetic procedures last year.

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