13 Surprising Statistics About Plastic Surgery

318,123

Number of breast implant surgeries performed in 2010

2,414

Number of those surgeries performed on patients 65 and older

4,153

Number of those surgeries performed on patients 18 and younger

20

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 year

9,094

Number of nose jobs performed on patients 18 or younger

33

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 2010

184

Number of members of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) in 1967 (the year it was founded)

2,069

Number of members today

1.35

Percentage of members of ASAPS who are women

10,677,415,674

Dollars that Americans spent on cosmetic procedures in 2010


Unless otherwise noted, numbers are from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery's 2010 cosmetic procedures survey.