Today plastic surgery is booming. The number of nose jobs, face lifts and breast implant operations all soared by more than 10% last year. The biggest boom was in the popularity of liposuction - up by 41%. "the most impressive rise in demand" since the start of the recession. (Baaps, 2008) There were 50,122 cosmetic procedures in 2013 - a rise of 17% on the previous year.