What are the most common plastic surgical procedures?

Statistics show that cosmetic surgeries are on the rise;  the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports that there were 13.8 million cosmetic procedures performed in the United States in 2011, an increase of 5% over 2010.

Surgical procedures:

Breast augmentation has been the top cosmetic surgical procedure since 2006, at 307 thousand (up 4%).

Rhinoplasty is number two, at 244 thousand.
Liposuction was up 1% at 205 thousand.
Eyelid lift - 196 thousand.
Facelift - 116 thousand.

Non-surgical procedures (up 6%):

Botox is still the most common non-surgical procedure, 5.7 million procedures, up 5%.

Then fillers such as Restylane and Juvederm, 1.9 million.
Chemical peels – 1.1 million
Laser hair removal and microdermabrasion are 4th and 5th.

The top 5 in men:

Rhinoplasty

Eyelid lift
Liposuction
Male breast reduction (gynecomastia surgery)
Facelift

Top 5 in women: 
 

Breast augmentation

Rhinoplasty
Liposuction
Eyelid lift
Tummy tuck
 
There seems to be a new trend though that might be of interest:

The biggest increase in plastic surgery is now chin augmentation, up 71% over last year.

Lip augmentation is also up significantly, 49%.
Buttock implants and/or lift up 40%.

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