Procedures that fall under the umbrella of plastic or cosmetic surgery include minimally intrusive procedures such as laser hair removal and injections of Botulinum toxin or collagen. They also include more extensive, often reconstructive procedures that are necessary to restore a person after an accident, animal bite, or surgery to remove a tumor, for example.

Today’s market size is the number of, and estimated total spent on, cosmetic surgical procedures performed in the United States in 2012. This includes all surgical procedures but does not include the minimally-intrusive procedures such as chemical peels, laser hair removal nor soft tissue filling procedures. In terms of spending, cosmetic surgeries make up 55.6% of the total spent on all cosmetic procedures and in terms of number of procedures, surgeries account for 10.9% of all procedures.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2012
Market size: 1,594,526 surgeries valued at $6.12 billion
Source: 2012 Plastic Surgery Statistics Report, “2012 Average Surgeon/Physician Fees,” American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2013, page 20, available online here.
Posted on May 3, 2013