Americans spend more than $15bn on aesthetic procedures for first time ever
Americans spent more than $15bn on combined surgical and non-surgical aesthetic procedures in 2016, according to The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).
Surgical procedures represented 56% of the figure, while non-surgical procedures accounted for 44% of the total. This is the largest dollar amount spent on cosmetic surgery since ASAPS began its Cosmetic Surgery National Data Bank Statistics survey in 1997 and represents an increase of 11% in the last year alone.
The data also showed some emerging trends in relatively new surgical procedures including fat transfer to the breast, up 41.4% since 2015; fat transfer to the face, up 16.7% since 2015; and labiaplasty, up 23.2% since 2015. The data also identified the top five surgical and nonsurgical procedures for men and women combined for the 2016 calendar year.
The top surgical procedures were liposuction, breast augmentation, tummy tucks, eyelid surgery and breast lifts while the non-surgical procedures were botulinum toxin injections, hyaluronic acid fillers, hair removal, photo-rejuvenation and chemical peels.
