ASPS Annual Report

Every year the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) produces an annual report that provides a summary and the statistics of the cosmetic procedures performed each year. This report includes the top 5 cosmetic surgical and minimally invasive procedures. This report also provides the percent increase and decrease from two years prior and also compares the present year to the start of the millenium, 2000. Let's have a look at the interesting activity of cosmetic procedures during 2013.

The first number I noticed was that the total number of cosmetic procedures had increased by 3% - from 14.6 million in 2012 to 15.1 million procedures in 2013. When you break that number down, there were 1.7 million cosmetic surgical procedures and 13.4 million minimally invasive procedures. Of the 15.1 million cosmetic procedures, 5.7 million were reconstructive cosmetic procedures.

Now ASPS breaks down the surgical and minimally invasive procedures by the top 5 procedures in each category. Starting with surgical cosmetic procedures, the most popular is breast augmentation totaling 290,224 procedures. Followed by rhinoplasty, also known as nose reshaping, with 221,053 procedures, eyelid surgery with 215,641 procedures, liposuction with 199,817 procedures and lastly 133,320 facelift procedures. Now the minimally invasive procedures starting with 6.3 million Botox treatments, followed by 2.2 million soft tissue filler treatments, 1.1 million laser hair removal treatments and 970,343 microdermabrasion procedures. Ironically the top 5 for surgical cosmetic procedures and the top 5 minimally invasive procedures were the same in 2012 as in 2013.

The most interesting fluctuation in the statistics was with soft tissue fillers showing a steady increase. In 2011 to 2012 there was a 5% increase in soft tissue filler treatments, however from 2012 to 2013 there was a 13% increase. This increase explains all the talk about patients shying away from surgical procedures. The most significant difference in the overall soft tissue filler numbers being an 18% increase in hyaluronic acid fillers like, Juvederm and Restylane.There was also a significant decrease in collagen based fillers, showing a 19% increase in 2012’s report and in 2013’s report there was an 11% decrease in collagen fillers. This statistic is interesting because last year Allergan released a new product called Juvederm Voluma that is a longer lasting, volumizing filler. Since the release of Juvederm Voluma, patients and doctors have been happy with the results.

The final statistic that was out of the ordinary was a 10% increase in breast implant removals with breast augmentation patients. The reason this is interesting is because in 2012 the ASPS report showed that there was a 3% drop in breast implant removals.

Take some time to read the interesting statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons for more details.