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  1. Hotta, Tracey A. RN, BScN, CPSN, CANS

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The 2014 ASAPS (American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) statistics are in so let's see how the national statistics compare to how your practice is doing.

  
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The statistics being cited for this article are extracted from ASAPS 2014 Cosmetic Surgery National Data Bank Statistics (2014).

 

ASAPS has been gathering statistical data since 1997. A paper-based questionnaire was mailed to 30,000 board-certified physicians (12,000 dermatologists, 10,500 otolaryngologists, and 7,500 plastic surgeons). An online version of the questionnaire was also made available.

 

A total of 901 physicians returned questionnaires, of which 115 were retired or otherwise inactive during 2014. Of the 786 active respondents, the sample consisted of 317 plastic surgeons, 315 dermatologists, and 154 otolaryngologists.

 

Final figures have been projected to reflect nationwide statistics and are based exclusively on the board-certified plastic surgeons, otolaryngologists, and dermatologists. The findings have been aggregated and extrapolated to the known population of 27,600 active physicians who are board-certified in these specialties. Though the confidence intervals change by procedure, depending on the grouping's sample size and the response variance, the overall survey portion of this research has a standard error of +/-3.45% at a 95% level of confidence. (ASAPS, 2014)

 

Cosmetic procedures, whether surgical or nonsurgical, have shown a slight downward trend as compared to the previous year. In 2014, there were more than 10 million cosmetic procedures performed in the United States, which is down 1.5% for surgical procedures and 5.9% for nonsurgical procedures. The breakdown shows that surgical procedures accounted for 60% of the total procedures being performed whereas the nonsurgical procedures accounted for 40%.

 

The five most popular cosmetic surgical procedures for 2014 were consistent with 2013. The most popular surgical procedure was liposuction, which had a 5.9% decrease from 2013. The second most popular procedure was breast augmentation, which was down 8.5% from 2013. Of the 286,694 breast augmentations performed, 80% of the implants used were silicone and 20% were saline. Rounding out the top five surgical procedures were blepharoplasty, +2.7%; abdominoplasty, +2.5%; and in fifth place was rhinoplasty, 1.4% (see Figure 1). Two procedures that continue to gain substantial popularity over the past 2 years is buttock augmentation, which increased by 86%, and labiaplasty, which had an increase of 49% from 2013 (see Tables 1 and 2).

  
Table 1 - Click to enlarge in new windowTABLE 1 Comparison 2013-2014: Decreased Number of Aesthetic Surgery Procedures Performed
 
Table 2 - Click to enlarge in new windowTABLE 2 Comparison 2013-2014: Increased Number of Aesthetic Surgery Procedures Performed

When surveying the physicians regarding the nonsurgical services performed, they included those treatments being performed by the physician, physician assistants, and nurse injectors. There was a 5.9% decrease in procedures being performed compared to 2013. Once again the top nonsurgical procedure performed was botulinum toxins (botox, xeomin, and dysport) with a 4.7% decrease from last year. Rounding out the top five were hyaluronic acids, -9.4%; laser hair removal, -8.1%; microdermabrasion, -13.1%; and photorejuvenation, -18.9% (see Figure 2). Even though most of the nonsurgical procedures showed a decrease, nonsurgical fat-reduction procedures had a significant increase of 43% more procedures being performed in 2014 (see Tables 3 and 4).

  
Figure 1 - Click to enlarge in new windowFIGURE 1. Top 5 cosmetic surgery procedures in 2014.
 
Table 3 - Click to enlarge in new windowTABLE 3 Comparison 2013-2014: Decreased Number Nonsurgical Procedures Performed
 
Table 4 - Click to enlarge in new windowTABLE 4 Comparison 2013-2014: Increase in Nonsurgical Procedures Performed

Another interesting finding that the statistics revealed is the increase in the number of men seeking cosmetic procedures. There has been a 43% increase in men undergoing a surgical or nonsurgical procedure but that still only accounts for 10% of the total number of procedures performed.

  
Figure 2 - Click to enlarge in new windowFIGURE 2. Top 5 nonsurgical procedures in 2014.

For further information about the 2014 statistics, you may contact the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons at http://www.surgery.org.

 

REFERENCE

 

Cosmetic Surgery National Data Bank Statistics. (2014). Cosmetic Surgery National Data Bank Statistics. Retrieved March 29, 2015, from http://www.surgery.org/sites/default/files/2014-Stats.pdf[Context Link]