The economy may be sagging, but that is not the case for those seeking a little help to remain youthful. Approximately 10 million plastic surgeries were performed in the United States during 2009. 46% of these patients were between the ages of 35 - 50 (5.4 million). Those between the ages of 19 - 34 had 21% of the procedures, age 51 - 64 had 25%, age 65 and older 6%, and age 18 and younger had less than 2%. Men have stepped into the plastic surgery arena and are responsible for 900,000 procedures in '09, showing an 8% increase over 2008. Neck tightening procedures are increasing in popularity for both genders with 70% women and 30% men (used to be 99% women). Facelifts have also seen a surge in popularity, 94,294 procedures, with results lasting for a period of six to eight years. The top 5 procedures were:
Breast Augmentations - 311,957 procedures
Liposuction - 283,735 procedures
Eyelid Surgery - 149,943 procedures
Rhinoplasty - 138,258 procedures
Adominoplasty - 127,923 procedures
