Procedural Statistics
The media has made much of the increase in the number of patients having plastic surgery, and indeed statistics gathered by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) confirm this.1 During the year 1992, about 400,000 patients had surgery done by plastic surgeons certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. By 1998, this had risen to over one million patients, a 153% increase. The media also reports movement toward a younger population of plastic surgery patients, but this is not strictly accurate.2 The number of patients aged 18 or less having plastic surgery did rise from 13,314 in 1992 to 24,623 in 1998 (Table 1). However, as a percentage of all patients having cosmetic surgery, the age-18-and-less population dropped from 4% to 2% during the same time period
Procedural StatisticsThe media has made much of the increase in the number of patients having plastic surgery, and indeed statistics gathered by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) confirm this.1 During the year 1992, about 400,000 patients had surgery done by plastic surgeons certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. By 1998, this had risen to over one million patients, a 153% increase. The media also reports movement toward a younger population of plastic surgery patients, but this is not strictly accurate.2 The number of patients aged 18 or less having plastic surgery did rise from 13,314 in 1992 to 24,623 in 1998 (Table 1). However, as a percentage of all patients having cosmetic surgery, the age-18-and-less population dropped from 4% to 2% during the same time period
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