Say what you will about nips, tucks, and implants, but the popularity of plastic surgery in the US continues to soar.
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Americans spent $8 billion on plastic surgery in 2016 — here's the work they got done
There's been a 132% increase in cosmetic procedures in the US from 2000 to 2016.
A woman undergoing a plastic surgery procedure.
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According to new data provided by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, cosmetic surgery has seen explosive growth in the US. Between 2000 and 2016, there's been 132% more procedures — and that number doesn't include reconstructive surgeries in response to injury, disease, or gender confirmation.
Gains in procedures were modest from 2015 to 2016, however, with a 4% year-over-year increase in cosmetic surgeries (such as liposuction and breast augmentation) and a 3% jump in "minimally invasive" procedures (such as Botox injections and laser hair removal).
While only 10.4% of the 17.2 million total cosmetic procedures in 2016 were surgical, those invasive operations added up to a cost of $8.05 billion, which is nearly half of all money spent that year in the industry.
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Here are the most popular invasive procedures Americans had done and how much they spent on them.
Americans spent nearly $1.1 billion on nose-reshaping rhinoplasty in 2016.
While the western US had the most plastic surgeries, the northeast US won out on rhinoplasties.
American men claimed 13% of the 1.65 million invasive plastic surgery procedures in 2016 — a jump of 28% compared to 16 years ago.
The popularity of breast augmentations climbed about 50% from 2000 to 2016, while the number of eyelid surgeries has declined by nearly half.
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On average, face-lifts were the most expensive form of cosmetic surgery per procedure.
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