1998 Age Distribution: Cosmetic Procedures

(Percentages indicate percent amount of procedure by age group)

Top five procedures indicated in Bold

ASPS Procedural Statistics represent procedures performed by 97% of all physicians certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

Procedure Name	18 or less		19-34		35-50		51-64		65+
Breast augmentation	1,840	1%	79,341	60%	46,380	35%	3,486	3%	1,330	1%
Breast implant removal	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Breast lift	406	1%	10,036	32%	15,766	50%	4,508	14%	809	3%
Breast reduction in men	1,862	21%	4,121	46%	1,967	22%	783	9%	291	3%
Buttock lift	0		251	20%	752	60%	243	19%	0
Cheek implants	36	1%	555	19%	1,437	50%	629	22%	207	7%
Chemical peel	491	1%	10,702	16%	31,452	48%	15,819	24%	7,538	11%
Chin augmentation	204	4%	1,402	29%	1,869	39%	1,060	22%	259	5%
Collagen injection	298	1%	5,516	12%	21,159	46%	14,397	31%	4,480	10%
Dermabrasion	1,317	11%	2,325	19%	2,996	25%	4,720	39%	833	7%
Ear surgery	**4,721	59%	1,941	24%	1,406	17%	N/A		N/A
Eyelid surgery	126	*	4,052	3%	41,109	34%	45,306	38%	29,408	25%
Facelift	34	*	360	1%	18,457	26%	38,792	55%	13,304	19%
Fat injections	244	1%	4,027	16%	10,534	41%	8,738	34%	1,894	8%
Forehead lift	0		803	2%	14,963	41%	16,487	45%	4,523	12%
Laser skin resurfacing	1,005	2%	5,963	11%	22,932	41%	19,330	35%	6,393	11%
Liposuction	1,645	1%	46,745	27%	86,400	50%	29,499	17%	7,790	5%
Male-pattern baldness	0		391	18%	1,512	70%	244	11%	0
Nose reshaping	8,074	14%	25,494	46%	15,717	28%	4,894	9%	1,774	3%
Retin-A® treatment	2,224	2%	23,313	22%	51,756	48%	22,016	21%	7,553	7%
Thigh lift	19	1%	650	17%	2,254	60%	776	21%	86	2%
Tummy tuck	56	*	9,833	21%	25,472	55%	9,351	20%	1,886	4%
Upper arm lift	19	1%	269	14%	924	48%	615	32%	111	6%
Wrinkle injection (fibril)	2	*	5	*	280	19%	734	50%	442	30%
Totals and % of national cosmetic total+	24,623	2%	238,095	23%	417,494	41%	242,427	24%	90,911	9%

+All figures are projected. Figures and percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.
*Denotes less than 1%.

**Following are further age breakdowns for ear surgery:

6 or less	970
7 - 12	1,968
13 - 18	1,783

***35 - 50 year old total represents all patients 35 and older.

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