1998 GENDER DISTRIBUTION: COSMETIC PROCEDURES

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.
		Male Patients			Female Patients
Procedure Name	Procedures Performed	% Of Nat'l Total	Total	% Of Procedure	Total	% Of Procedure

Breast augmentation	132,378	13%	N/A	N/A	132,378	100%
Breast implant removal	32,262	3%	N/A	N/A	32,262	100%
Breast lift	31,525	3%	N/A	N/A	31,525	100%
Breast reduction in men	9,023	1%	9,023	100%	N/A	N/A
Buttock lift	1,246	0%	26	2%	1,220	97%
Cheek implants	2,864	0%	778	27%	2,086	72%
Chemical peel	66,002	6%	3,287	5%	62,715	95%
Chin augmentation	4,795	0%	1,218	25%	3,577	75%
Collagen injections	45,851	4%	4,067	9%	41,784	91%
Dermabrasion	12,191	1%	2,082	17%	10,109	82%
Ear surgery	8,069	1%	3,663	45%	4,406	55%
Eyelid surgery	120,001	11%	15,564	13%	104,437	87%
Facelift	70,947	7%	5,960	8%	64,987	92%
Fat injections	25,437	2%	2,480	10%	22,957	90%
Forehead lift	36,777	4%	3,395	9%	33,382	91%
Laser skin resurfacing	55,623	5%	4,522	8%	51,101	92%
Liposuction	172,079	16%	19,789	11%	152,290	88%
Male-pattern baldness	2,146	0%	2,146	100%	N/A	N/A
Nose reshaping	55,953	5%	13,143	23%	42,810	77%
Retin-A® treatment	106,862	10%	5,247	5%	101,615	95%
Thigh lift	3,785	0%	355	9%	3,430	91%
Tummy tuck	46,597	4%	2,185	5%	44,412	95%
Upper arm lift	1,939	0%	31	2%	1,908	98%
Wrinkle injection (fibril)	1,463	0%	70	5%	1,393	95%

Totals and % of Nat'l Total	1,045,815	100%	99,031	9%	946,784	91%

+Some procedures commonly considered cosmetic might actually be reconstructive and subject to insurance reimbursement depending on the patient's condition. All figures are projected. Due to rounding male and female patient totals may not equal procedure total.