2007 Trend Reports on Cosmetic Plastic Surgery in the United States

The numbers are in...

Nearly 11.7 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures were performed in the United States in 2007, according to the latest statistics compiled by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).

The number of cosmetic surgery procedures has jumped a whopping 457 percent since ASAPS first began gathering these stats in 1997. To create this snapshot of the year in cosmetic surgery, ASAPS sent out more than 12,000 surveys to board-certified plastic surgeons, dermatologists and otolaryngologists.

Cosmetic Surgery: Highlights from 2007

The top nonsurgical procedure was Botox injection.

The top surgical procedure was liposuction.

Americans spent slightly less than $13.2 billion on cosmetic procedures in 2007. About $8.3 billion was spent on surgical cosmetic procedures, with $4.7 billion on nonsurgical procedures.

There was an 8 percent increase in surgical procedures in 2007, compared with 2006.

Men underwent 9 percent of cosmetic procedures in 2007, an increase of 17 percent over 2006.

The top five surgical cosmetic procedures in 2007 were:

The top five nonsurgical cosmetic procedures in 2007 were:

Want more detail? See the chart below.

Cosmetic Surgery: Sex Matters

Overall, women had 91 percent of cosmetic procedures in 2007. The number of surgical and nonsurgical procedures performed on women was more than 10.6 million, an increase of 1 percent over 2006. Surgical procedures increased by 9 percent in women in 2007, while nonsurgical procedures decreased by less than 1 percent.

But men are jumping on the cosmetic surgery bandwagon in droves. In fact, men had 9 percent of cosmetic procedures in 2007, with the number of total procedures (both surgical and nonsurgical) increasing 17 percent over 2006, to just over 1 million. Surgical procedures increased 5 percent, and nonsurgical procedures increased 21 percent.

Curious about what men are having done? See the charts for men and women below.

Cosmetic Surgery: Age Matters

People aged 35-50 had the most cosmetic procedures in 2007: 5.4 million or 46 percent of the total. The top surgical procedure in this age group? Liposuction. The top nonsurgical procedure? Botox injections.

People aged 51-64 had 25 percent of the cosmetic surgery procedures in 2007. The most popular surgical procedure in this group? Eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty). The most popular nonsurgical procedure? Botox injections.

People aged 19-34 had 21 percent of the cosmetic surgery procedures in 2007.

Senior citizens aged 65 and older had 6 percent of cosmetic surgery procedures in 2007.

Teens aged 18 or younger had less than 2 percent of the cosmetic surgery procedures in 2007.

Cosmetic Surgery: It's a Teen Thing?

Among the teen set, the most popular procedures were:

Need more details? See the chart on age groups below.

Cosmetic Surgery: Location Matters

Curious to know where people had their cosmetic surgery procedures in 2007?

54 percent of cosmetic procedures were performed in an office setting
17 percent of cosmetic procedures were performed in hospitals
29 percent of cosmetic procedures were performed in free-standing surgicenters

Cosmetic Surgery: Race Matters

Traditional racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 22 percent of all cosmetic procedures in 2007. Hispanics had 9 percent of the procedures, followed by African-Americans (6 percent), Asians (5 percent) and other non-Caucasians (2 percent).

Charts of Selected Statistics


Surgical	Number of Procedures	Nonsurgical	Number of Procedures
Liposuction	456,828	Botox	2,775,176
Breast augmentation	399,440	Hyaluronic acid (Hylaform, Juvederm, Restylane)	1,448,716
Eyelid surgery	240,763	Laser hair removal	1,412,657
Abdominoplasty	185,335	Microdermabrasion	829,658
Female breast reduction	153,087	Laser skin resurfacing	647,707


Surgical	Number of Procedures	Nonsurgical	Number of Procedures
Breast augmentation	399,440	Botox	2,445,656
Lipoplasty	398,848	Hyaluronic acid (Hylaform, Juvederm, Restylane)	1,364,533
Eyelid surgery	208,199	Laser hair removal	1,226,974
Abdominoplasty	180,457	Microdermabrasion	743,748
Breast reduction	153,087	IPL laser treatment	584,530


Surgical	Number of Procedures	Nonsurgical	Number of Procedures
Liposuction	57,980	Botox injection	329,519
Eyelid surgery	32,564	Laser hair removal	185,684
Rhinoplasty	31,713	Microdermabrasion	85,910
Male breast reduction	20,280	Hyaluronic acid (Hylaform, Juvederm, Restylane)	84,184
Hair transplantation	16,491	IPL laser treatment	63,177


% of Total	Age	Number of Procedures	Top Surgical Procedure	Top Nonsurgical Procedure
47%	35-50	5.4 million	Liposuction	Botox
25%	51-64	2.9 million	Eyelid surgery	Botox
21%	19-34	2.4 million	Breast augmentation	Laser hair removal
6%	65 and over	700,096	Eyelid surgery	Botox
2%	18 and under	205,119	Cosmetic ear surgery	Laser hair removal