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American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Releases 2011 Statistics

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According to recently released statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)

  • Over 9 million surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures were performed in the US during 2011.
  • The top five cosmetic surgical procedures in 2011 included 1. liposuction, 2. breast augmentation, 3. abdominoplasty, 4. blepharoplasty, and 5. breast lift.
  • With over 300,000 procedures performed, there was  almost a 13% increase in the total number of liposuction procedures from 2010 to 2011. (Source: www.surgery.org)

For more information on how plastic surgery has changed and grown in 2011, visit the ASAPS website. To stay up to date on the latest cosmetic and reconstructive surgery news, we invite you to follow Dr. Franklyn Elliott on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+

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