13 Surprising Statistics About Plastic Surgery
Adding up the numbers on cosmetic procedures.

318,123
Number of breast implant surgeries performed in 20102,414
Number of those surgeries performed on patients 65 and older4,153
Number of those surgeries performed on patients 18 and younger20
Percentage of patients with breast implants who will need them removed within ten years because of rupture, hardening of the tissue around the implant, and other complications (according to a recent FDA report)133,511
Number of nose jobs performed last year9,094
Number of nose jobs performed on patients 18 or younger33
Percentage of potential nose job patients who have moderate to severe symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder (according to a recent study in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)84,685
Number of cosmetic surgical procedures performed on patients 65 and older in 2010 (including 26,635 facelifts and 24,783 cosmetic eyelid operations)91
Percentage of cosmetic surgical procedures performed on women in 2010184
Number of members of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) in 1967 (the year it was founded)2,069
Number of members today1.35
Percentage of members of ASAPS who are women10,677,415,674
Dollars that Americans spent on cosmetic procedures in 2010Unless otherwise noted, numbers are from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery's 2010 cosmetic procedures survey.