Breast Implants & Lifts On The Rise, Liposuction & Nose Jobs Decrease

The New York Times has the lowdown on the newest numbers released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. About 13.1 million cosmetic procedures took place in 2010 -- 1.6 million surgeries and 11.6 million "noninvasive" treatments. Ninety-one percent of the patients were women.

So what's on the rise?

• Breast implants: 296,203, up 2 percent during the last year and 39 percent over the last decade.
• Breast lifts: 90,000, up 9 percent during the last year and 70 percent over the last decade.
• Breast reductions: 82,871, down 2 percent over the last decade, but up 6 percent from the last year.
• Breast implant removal: 21,700, down 47 percent over the last decade, but up 9 percent from the last year.

And on the decline:

• Liposuction: 203,106, down 43 percent over the last decade.
• Nose jobs: 252,261, down 35 percent over the last decade.
• Eyelid surgery: 208,764, down 36 percent over the last decade.
• Face-lifts: 112,955, down 16 percent over the last decade.
• Botox, wrinkle fillers and laser hair removal all gained popularity.

For more, head over to the Well blog at nytimes.com.

Comments

[Darnell Roberts]

09:26 AM on 03/25/2011

"The New York Times has the lowdown on the newest numbers released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. About 13.1 million cosmetic procedures took place in 2010 -- 1.6 million surgeries and 11.6 million "noninvasive" treatments."

"Ninety-one percent of the patients were women."

Sooooooooooooo, the other 9% were?????

[jamerican negril]

08:17 AM on 03/25/2011

m0st 0f them l00k ridicul0us and are an inappr0priate size f0r the body. very unbec0ming and unpr0fessi0nal 0n the part 0f the surge0ns.

[chillwind]

01:50 AM on 03/25/2011

They look like those paperweights that have dead bugs, or a scorpion suspended in them.

[Marley Inksetter-Smith]

12:40 PM on 03/24/2011

I've had past boyfriends ask me to get implants, but I love my mid-sized boobs! My body is rockin' and there's nothing that could make me think anything less.

[mamacat]

02:36 AM on 03/25/2011

Good for you!
Maybe what your exes really needed were brain implants!

[Jaxsie]

04:32 PM on 03/30/2011

glad to see "'past' boyfriends" was included in that comment. how RUDE of them.

[Amy Fleischer]

01:02 AM on 03/24/2011

Thank you, Entertainment Media, for undermining women's self esteem. What strikes me as funny is that most women who get implants don't understand that they must be maintained over the course of a few years... They just last forever.

Have you ever seen what a 40- or 50-something looks like with a 20-somethings breasts? It's like two grapefruits glued to a rotting cactus!

Thanks, but I think I'll stick with what the good lord gave me. In the end, I still look damn better than any 20-something with a graduation gift from daddy.

[KDMac]

10:15 AM on 03/24/2011

So it's okay to undermine the self-esteem of the 40 and over crowd? I'm 44 and hardly a rotting cactus.

No implants, but I've always toyed with the idea. (I'm a full B, always wanted to be a C+ or better.) But I did read about a woman who had issues and had to have three implant surgeries in the span of 10 years, which scared me off.

[Amy Fleischer]

02:19 AM on 03/25/2011

Hahaha. No, no. I'm talking about the oldies that keep trying to look like they're youngies. You know which ones I'm talking about? The ones that still dye their hair like a 20-something and have spent so much time in the sun their skin looks likes like weathered leather.

I'm trying to figure out what happened to aging gracefully? I've no doubt you're not a rotting cactus. I've seen plenty of middle-aged and older that make me cross my fingers I look HALF that good when I'm that age.

I just don't understand the necessity to look the same forever? Or even look the same as everyone else? I thought having different breasts was part of being individual... It disturbs when people have the same set of boobs :P

[chemister7]

06:42 PM on 03/23/2011

I'll guess: one. Don't they usually go one pair per customer?

[KDMac]

10:16 AM on 03/24/2011

You'd think, but they need maintained and have to be changed out now and then (so I've read).

[noaxe397]

01:11 AM on 03/23/2011

Judging by recent articles here and the covers of several health and fitness magazines, it seems the six pack abs are replacing the breast enhancement as the most desirable body make over.

[iLuvKOSHi]

12:40 AM on 03/23/2011

Judging by the comments on the Juliette Lewis Beach Body story... I'm guessing a lot.

[Lahonda]

11:41 PM on 03/22/2011

...how many men got them?

[Chlowina]

11:31 PM on 03/22/2011

I remember the days when a girl turned 16 she got braces.

[Anastasia Giselle]

12:16 AM on 03/23/2011

Now its a car, nose job or boob job or all three.

[SukiTheCat]

01:49 PM on 03/23/2011

I remember girls in my HS getting nose jobs and breast implants as graduation gifts

[Chlowina]

03:02 PM on 03/23/2011

Mind boggling. Their future husbands will be in for a surprise when they give birth and the infant has mom's old schnoz. "Oh, honey, I forgot to tell you... I had a little surgery before we met..." :~)

[Wilson201]

09:54 PM on 03/22/2011

If your boobs are big enough, no one will notice your nose. Hmmmm....

[Nicole Dixson]

09:48 PM on 03/22/2011

I know one who didn't. I am going to rock these puppies even when they are hanging to the ground!!

[Sunflo]

03:39 AM on 03/23/2011

lol I like you! I'd never dream of inserting silicone bags into my boobs ugghh

[Tulka2]

09:45 PM on 03/22/2011

Women are being told they can still breast feed after having implants.  How twisted is that?  How sick as a culture?

[traceymarie]

11:01 PM on 03/22/2011

what exactlly is twisted and sick about breast feeding?

[Tulka2]

10:06 AM on 03/23/2011

I was unclear, i guess.... i said it is sick and twisted to tell young women they will be able to breastfeed without problems after implants.  That is not the truth.  I think breastfeeding is what breasts are for.  Stuffing them into prom dresses is secondary.

[Chlowina]

11:30 PM on 03/22/2011

I know of a pair of sisters who have implants. One had a single birth and the other had twins. They both breastfed their babies. It's not like they're feeding the infant saline.

[Tulka2]

10:07 AM on 03/23/2011

There is no way to know the veracity of your comment.  Perhaps they were able to give their babies colostrum in the first few days, perhaps they were able to even nurse for a few weeks, but i doubt if it went much beyond that.

[Tulka2]

10:09 AM on 03/23/2011

http://www.babycenter.com/0_breastfeeding-after-breast-augmentation-implants_8680.bc

[GeorgeWGump]

08:11 PM on 03/22/2011

This makes perfect sense. Get a boob job so no one will look at your huge shnoz.

[KDMac]

10:32 AM on 03/24/2011

I think people are starting to appreciate ethnic beauty more and realize they don't need nose jobs. For example, Jennifer Esposito looked better with her old nose, IMO.

[Alex Gartzia]

08:05 PM on 03/22/2011

Guess how many women got these last year? Either 1 or 2 one breasted women.