What
Is the Most Common Plastic Surgery Procedure?
The most common plastic surgery
procedure overall is tumor removal (for skin lesions such as
skin cancers). The most common cosmetic surgery procedure is
liposuction.
Which Procedure Do Men Have
Performed Most Often?
Men most often have the nose
reshaped, followed by eyelid surgery.
How Much Cosmetic Surgery Is
Performed on Teenagers?
About 3 percent of all cosmetic
surgery is performed on people 18 years old or younger. The
top procedure is nose reshaping.
How Old Are Most People When They
Choose to Have Cosmetic Surgery?
The primary age category for cosmetic
surgery is 35 to 50 years. In 1992 and 1994, this group
accounted for more than 40 percent of all cosmetic surgery.
In Which State Is Cosmetic Surgery
Most Popular?
One out of five cosmetic surgery
patients reside in California.
Why Doesn't the American Society
of Plastic Surgeons Collect Complete Costs for All Procedures?
Why Just Surgeon's Fees?
The total cost of a procedure
includes surgical facilities, anesthesiologists, nurses,
medicine and many other factors that make each case unique. As
an association of board-certified plastic surgeons, ASPS is
best qualified to provide information on what surgeons are
charging. The other factors are dependent on region and
surgical facility fees.
How Many Cosmetic Surgery Patients
Are Repeat Patients?
21 percent in 1994
How many cosmetic surgery patients
are having more than one procedure done at the same time?
30 percent in 1994
