Plastic and cosmetic surgery is becoming and increasingly popular practice of Americans. However, it is not only adults that are undergoing these risky and life altering procedures. In 2000, the top 5 cosmetic surgeries performed on those 18 and under were: Chemical peel with 50,380, laser hair removal with 17,782, cosmetic ear surgery with 11,702, nose reshaping with 15,229, and microdermabrasion with 21,673. Now, statistics from 2010 demonstrate that these procedures have remained to be popular among those 18 and under. From 2000 to 2010, some surgical and nonsurgical procedures have decreased. Chemical peels dropped to 16,175, laser hair removals increased to 51,147, microdermabrasion decreased to 10,360, cosmetic ear surgery decreased to 10,748, and nose reshaping dropped to 9,094 in 2010. One difference in the popularity of a particular cosmetic surgery from 2000 to 2010 was that of breast augmentation. In 2000, breast augmentations were at 2,123 and in 2010 nearly doubled to 4,153. These statistic tables are a good source of information about the popularity of cosmetic surgery among those 18 or younger.
The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. (2000). 2000 age distribution for cosmetic procedures. [PDF file]. Available from http://www.surgery.org/sites/default/files/2000stats.pdf.
The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. (2010). 2010 age distribution for cosmetic procedures. [PDF file]. Available from http://www.surgery.org/sites/default/files/Stats2010_1.pdf.
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