2001 Statistics From American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2001 COSMETIC SURGERY TRENDS
1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Top five procedures in bold TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL % CHANGE % CHANGE % CHANGE % CHANGE
PATIENTS PATIENTS PATIENTS PATIENTS PATIENTS PATIENTS PATIENTS
PROCEDURE 1992 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1992 vs. 2001 1998 vs. 2001 1999 vs. 2001 2000 vs. 2001
Botox® injection N/A N/A N/A N/A 118,452 191,150 N/A N/A N/A 61%
Breast augmentation 32,607 87,704 122,285 132,378 167,318 187,755 206,354 533% 56% 23% 10%
Breast implant removal 18,297 3,013 N/A 32,262 N/A* 37,984 41,942 129% 30% N/A* 10%
Breast lift 7,963 16,097 N/A 31,525 38,276 45,537 52,552 560% 67% 37% 15%
Breast reduction in men 4,997 6,045 N/A 9,023 9,152 9,199 12,092 142% 34% 32% 31%
Buttock lift 291 774 N/A 1,246 N/A* 1,356 1,339 360% 7% N/A* -1%
Cellulite massage treatment N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 40,157 N/A N/A N/A* N/A
Cheek implant 1,741 2,257 N/A 2,864 3,042 3,304 3,668 111% 28% 21% 11%
Chemical peel 19,049 42,628 N/A 66,002 51,589 68,198 103,706 444% 57% 101% 52%
Chin augmentation 4,115 4,797 N/A 4,795 6,059 7,087 5,717 39% 19% -6% -19%
Collagen injection 41,623 34,091 N/A 45,851 53,197 62,839 80,422 93% 75% 51% 28%
Dermabrasion 13,457 7,975 N/A 12,191 11,550 N/A* 27,560 105% 126% 139% N/A
Ear surgery 6,371 7,192 N/A 8,069 8,716 9,911 11,212 76% 39% 29% 13%
Eyelid surgery 59,461 76,242 110,709 120,001 142,033 172,244 140,850 137% 17% -1% -18%
Facelift 40,077 53,435 61,692 70,947 72,793 70,882 69,874 74% -2% -4% -1%
Fat injection 7,865 13,654 N/A 25,437 20,503 24,810 32,947 319% 30% 61% 33%
Fibril injection 357 164 N/A 1,463 N/A* 1,790 1,300 264% -11% N/A* -27%
Forehead lift 13,501 22,864 N/A 36,777 40,969 41,668 44,473 229% 21% 9% 7%
Laser hair removal N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 130,371 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Laser skin resurfacing N/A 46,263 36,860 55,623 50,505 48,038 56,023 N/A 1% 11% 17%
Laser treatment for leg veins N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 17,929 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Lip augmentation N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7,842 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Liposuction 47,212 109,353 149,042 172,079 230,865 229,588 195,135 313% 13% -15% -15%
Lower body lift N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,893 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Male-pattern baldness 1,955 4,042 N/A 2,146 N/A* 1,958 2,314 N/A N/A N/A* N/A
Microdermabrasion N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 176,168 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Nose reshaping 50,175 45,977 48,620 55,953 46,596 50,617 45,078 -10% -19% -3% -11%
Retin-A® treatment 23,520 74,382 N/A 106,862 N/A* 99,017 96,837 312% -9% N/A* -2%
Sclerotherapy N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 57,843 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Thigh lift 1,023 2,114 N/A 3,785 N/A* 5,096 3,431 235% -9% N/A* -33%
Tummy tuck 16,810 34,235 N/A 46,597 54,977 58,463 55,578 231% 19% 1% -5%
Upper arm lift 434 1,614 1,939 1,939 N/A* N/A 2,982 587% N/A N/A* N/A
TOTAL PATIENTS 412,901 696,912 529,208 1,045,815 1,008,140 1,355,793 1,917,739 364% 83% 90% 41%
Total of procedures reported in both 2000 and 2001. 1,353,835 1,451,680 7%
Total of procedures reported in both 1999 and 2001. 1,008,140 1,143,241 13%
Total of procedures reported in both 1998 and 2001. 1,043,669 1,288,090 23%  
Total of procedures reported in both 1992 and 2001. 410,946 1,235,049 201%
^ Denotes less than 1%.
*Insufficient data reported.