The 2013 ASAPS (American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) statistics are in so let's see how the national statistics compare to what we are doing in our practices.

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The statistics being cited for this article are extracted from ASAPS 2013 Cosmetic Surgery National Data Bank Statistics (2013).

ASAPS has been gathering statistical data since 1997. A paper-based and online questionnaire was mailed to 23,600 board-certified physicians. A total of 771 physicians returned the questionnaire. The final figures have been projected to reflect nationwide statistics and are based exclusively on board-certified plastic surgeons, otolaryngologists, and dermatologists. The overall survey portion of this research has a standard error of +/-3.62% at a 95% level of confidence (ASAPS, 2013).

Cosmetic procedures, whether surgical or nonsurgical, remain on a steady increase. In 2013, there were more than 11 million cosmetic procedures performed in the United States, which is up 12% from 2012. The breakdown shows that surgical procedures accounted for 16.5% of the total procedures being performed whereas the nonsurgical procedures accounted for 83.5%. Even though the percentage was smaller, surgical procedures accounted for 58% of the total expenditures.

The most popular surgical procedure was liposuction, which had a 16% increase from 2012. It replaced breast augmentation, which landed the second most popular procedure but was down 5.2% from 2012. Rounding out the top five surgical procedures were blepharoplasty, +5.4%; abdominoplasty, +2.3%; and in fifth place was rhinoplasty, +2.9% (see Figure 1 and Table 1). Two procedures that are not in the top five but have gained substantial popularity over the past year is buttock augmentation, which increased by 58% from 2012, and labiaplasty, which had an increase of 44%.

FIGURE 1. Top five cosmetic surgical procedures in 2013.

TABLE 1 Comparison 2012-2013-Aesthetic Surgery Procedures

When surveying the physicians regarding the nonsurgical services performed, they included those treatments being performed by the physician, physician assistants, and nurse injectors. There was a 13% increase in procedures being performed compared with 2012. Once again the top nonsurgical procedure performed was botulinum toxins (Botox, Xeomin, and Dysport) with a 15.6% increase from last year. Rounding out the top five were hyaluronic acids +31.5%; laser hair removal, +2%; microdermabrasion, +3.8%; and photorejuvenation, +35.3% (see Figure 2 and Table 2).

FIGURE 2. Top five nonsurgical procedures in 2013.

TABLE 2 Comparison 2012-2013-Nonsurgical Procedures

In the next issues of PSN, I will compare the statistics from ASPS (American Society of Plastic Surgery) including the reconstruction procedures.

For further information about the 2013 statistics, you may contact the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons at http://www.surgery.org.

Respectfully,

Tracey A. Hotta, RN, BScN, CPSN, CANS

Editor, PSN

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