Liposuction, breast augmentation and use of Botox in the United States

WASHINGTON – In the United States, the number of cosmetic, surgical or minimally invasive procedures has increased, but the trend is turning to scalpel-free techniques, such as the use of Botox, according to figures released on Monday .

According to figures from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), there would have been more than 17.7 million such procedures in 2018.

Long-term trends show that the number of cosmetic surgery operations has decreased – a five percent drop from 2018 compared to 2000. There were about 1.8 million last year 100,000 less than at the turn of the century.

Cosmetic procedures for the nose, chin, ears, eyelids and forehead have lost their popularity.

Liposuction is also less popular, but remains widely used (258,000 operations in 2018) and has seen a revival in recent years, with an annual increase of 5% each of the last two years.

Breast augmentation remains the most popular plastic surgery operation, with more than 300,000 each year and an increase of 4% last year.

But in total, there is almost ten times more minimally invasive procedures than surgical operations: 15.9 million last year, a growth of 2% over the previous year. ;last year.

The most common procedure is by far an injection of botulinum toxin to mask wrinkles, with 7.4 million procedures of this type in 2018.

Also popular: soft tissue fillers such as fleshy lips with hyaluronic acid injections, with 2.68 million procedures of this type.

These figures are reported by the 8,000 certified physicians and members of the Society and do not include data on complications or incidents related to these interventions.