According to the American Society of Aesthetic Surgery www.surgery.org , over 10.2 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures were performed in the United States in 2008. The Aesthetic Society has been collecting multi-specialty procedural statistics since 1997. They state that the overall number of cosmetic procedures has increased 162 percent since the collection of the statistics first began. The most frequently performed nonsurgical procedure was Botox injections and the most popular surgical procedure was breast augmentation. Here in Virginia, in my offices in Loudoun and Fairfax, I have also seen this change, particularly after the introduction of silicone implants.Breast Augmentation“For the first time in the twelve years these statistics have been collected liposuction is a runner up in popularity to breast augmentation. There is no doubt that this turnabout will generate discussions in the medical community and the public at large,” said Alan Gold, MD, Aesthetic Society president; These statistics reflect that “changes in fashion, i.e. décolletage baring styles, might be a factor behind this change.”Last year, there were 355,671 Breast Augmentation procedures. Over the same period, 2,464,123 patients were administered Botox.

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