Liposuction, breast augmentation and Botox use up in US

WASHINGTON -- The number of surgical or minimally invasive cosmetic procedures are up in the United States, but trends are changing towards scalpel-free techniques such as the use of Botox, according to figures out Monday.

There were more than 17.7 million such procedures in 2018, according to figures from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

Long-term trends show that the number of cosmetic surgical operations are down -- a decrease of five percent from 2018 compared to 2000. There were around 1.8 million last year, 100,000 fewer than at the turn of the century.

Cosmetic nose, chin, ear, eyelids and forehead procedures have lost some popularity.

Liposuctions are also less popular, but remain much used (258,000 operations in 2018), and has seen a revival in recent years, with a five percent annual increase in each of the last two years.

Breast augmentations are still the most popular plastic surgery operation, with more than 300,000 each year and a four percent increase last year.

But in total there is almost ten times more minimally-invasive interventions than surgical operations: 15.9 million last year, a two percent growth over the previous year.

The most common procedure by far is an injection of the Botulinum toxin to hide wrinkles, with 7.4 million such procedures in 2018.

Also popular: soft tissue fillers like lip plumping with hyaluronic acid injections, with 2.68 million such procedures.

These figures are reported by the 8,000 certified physicians and members of the Society, and do not include data on complications or incidents related to these interventions. 

source: news.abs-cbn.com

Daiana Menezes opens up on breast augmentation

MANILA – Brazilian model Daiana Menezes did not think twice when asked if she indeed had breast augmentation.

In an interview with celebrity doctor Vicki Belo on ANC, Menezes said she is not ashamed of undergoing the procedure since she only wanted to improve a part of herself.

“I think every woman deserves to feel sexy and also enhance themselves. I think putting something that will make you look more curvaceous in any part of your body, if you love it, there’s nothing wrong about it,” she said.

Adding there’s also no point in hiding it, Menezes said: “We don’t need to be hypocrite about what we really like. There’s no such thing as hiya as you would call it in Tagalog. In the first place, you are not changing who you are. You are just making yourself more beautiful.”

For Menezes, the size of her breasts had been a source of insecurity, especially when she does photo shoots or love scenes in her projects.

“For example, you have a movie or a bed scene, sometimes you have a love scene, you can’t make tago that you don’t have big breasts. I wanted it to be the largest possible that it would still look natural,” she said.

Prior to the procedure, Menezes admitted that she resorted to using padding just to make her breasts look bigger.

“I used padding all the time. Nobody knows that there’s the kind of daya like padding or push-up bras. I used to spend too much, going abroad buying those pads,” she explained.

Asked for her advice to women who intend to undergo any form of cosmetic surgery, the FHM babe said: “Just be true to yourself if you really feel like doing it. Just try to think over that it’s just an enhancement. You are not changing who you are. You are just changing a little part of your body that you are not confident about.”

According to Belo, breast augmentation is one of the most commonly performed cosmetic operations in her clinic.

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