Ethnic Rhinoplasty Leads Facial Procedures in 2008

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Every year, the major plastic surgery professional organizations poll their members to find out which procedures have been performed on which groups of patients.

With 2,700 board-certified facial plastic and reconstructive surgeons, the first for 2008’s statistics is the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS).

Noteworthy trends include:

• Men requesting cosmetic surgery to be more attractive to their partners. (Until now, most guys had cosmetic plastic surgery to compete better in the workplace.)
• Couples undergoing facial plastic surgery together
• Women having facial plastic surgery to look and feel their best for their wedding.

In ethnic enhancement, 75 percent of AAFPRS surgeons said rhinoplasty was the most requested procedure by African-Americans while another 50 percent of surgeons said Hispanic patients asked for a nose job. Among Anglo patients, 88 percent of facial surgeons said face lifts were tops.

The trend of non-invasive cosmetic facial procedures like Botox, Restylane and Juvederm enhancement continued with 80 percent of surgeons reporting more patients requesting facial injectables.

The most requested procedures included:

• Botox – 96 percent
• Dermal fillers – 93 percent
• Skin resurfacing like dermabrasion and laser treatments -92 percent

In 2008, 80 percent of patients wanting facial procedures were older women. The most requested procedures among the ladies were:

• Eyelid surgery
• Face lifts and rhinoplasty were in second place
• Botox took the bronze medal
• 60 percent of facial surgeons added that women under age 35 came in for
• Botox
• 33 percent of surgeons reported doing surgery on teens.

But there were also some alarming statistics revealed about the state of cosmetic facial surgery including:

• 40 percent treated botched plastic surgery procedures that had been done overseas.
• 74 percent of AAFPRS doctors said they knew of medical directors at medispas who were not onsite performing, or even overseeing, medical treatments.
• The most commonly reported complications when non-physicians gave injectable fillers or used lasers included:
  • Burns
  • Unbalanced results
  • Misplaced fillers
  • Granulomas, clumps and lumps that can be seen and felt under the skin.

Due to hard times, a little over half of surgeons said they knew of deceptive advertising, most often about injectable fillers, lasers and other cosmetic treatments.

Best news of all?

The AAFPRS doctors believe that plastic surgery reality T.V. shows are on the decline!

admin @ March 17, 2009