More than 17.7 million cosmetic procedures were performed in 2018, up by almost a quarter of a million in the previous year.
Breast augmentation was the most popular form of plastic surgery among Americans last year, according to the latest figures.
Some 313,735 cases of breast augmentation were reported, followed by 258,558 liposuction procedures. In third place was nose reshaping at 213,780; followed by eyelid surgery at 206,529; and tummy tucks at 130,081. In total, surgeons performed over 1.8 million invasive procedures last year. Rates of breast augmentation were up by 4 percent from the previous year and liposuction by 5 percent. However, nose jobs dropped by 2 percent, and eyelid surgeries by 1 percent.
Rates of pec and buttock implants, meanwhile, dropped the most sharply, by 29 and 28 percent respectively. In 2018, 983 pectoral implants were carried out, compared with 700 in the previous year. And some 1,323 butt implants were put in place in 2017, compared with 946 last year.
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