Total surgical cosmetic procedures were 1.47 million, down 17 percent from 1.77 million in 2008. Nonsurgical cosmetic procedures increased in 2009 to 8.52 million, up from 8.49 million in 2008.
Americans spent nearly $10.5 billion on cosmetic procedures in 2009, according to the ASAPS. Most surgeries (58 percent) were performed in an office facility; 23 percent were performed in free-standing surgicenters and 18 percent were performed in the hospital.
Read the ASAPS’s statistics on cosmetic surgical procedures in 2009 (pdf).
