With no signs of slowing down, the medical aesthetics market is booming. More than $16 billion was spent on aesthetic plastic surgery and minimally invasive procedures in the United States in 2016, according to new research from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
Common Aesthetic Medical Treatments
Which of these popular procedures for improving one’s appearance can you predict? If you thought about Botox or laser hair removal, you’d be on the correct track. Here are the top five therapies:
Botox (7 million operations) (7 million procedures)
Dermal and soft tissue augmentation (2.6 million procedures)\
Adjective: “chemical peel” (1.3 million procedures)
Eradicate unwanted hair using a laser ray (1.1 million procedures)
Treatments that did not require surgery grew by 180% between the years 2000 and 2016! Growth in the use of Botulinum Toxin Type A (Botox, Dysport, and Xeomin)—the most popular treatment—was 4% over the previous year and 797% since 2000. Botox, a neurotoxin, can smooth out frown lines, crow’s feet, and crow’s feet around your eyes.