Cosmetic Surgery Procedures to Exceed 55 Million in 2015, ASPS Study Predicts

From the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

The Journal of American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) has predicted that cosmetic procedures in 2015 will exceed more than 55 million. The study stated that procedures will have quadrupled when compared to what was performed in 2005. ASPS President Richard D’Amico, M.D. was positive that even with today’s economic slow down in plastic surgery procedures, the specialty will survive as it has during past declines. Cosmetic procedures are advancing, becoming less invasive and easily accessible. As a result they recommend that patients researching physicians look for an ASPS Member versus one who is not, as an ASPS member is qualified with an in depth medical background of the entire human body. They would have the knowledge to effectively assess your individual need and goals for an entire lifetime, minimizing the chances of having to have more procedures at a later date.

The study was comprised of authors analyzing annual ASPS National Clearinghouse of Plastic Surgery statistics from 1992-2005. They also analyzed the ability of economic and non-economic variables to predict procedure volume, and used growth rate analyses to construct models in which to predict the future growth of cosmetic surgery.

Results showed that the main growth of cosmetic surgery will continue to be driven by non-surgical procedures. Between 1992 and 2005 the growth rate was 7.5% for surgical and 27.9% for non-surgical. In 2005 those numbers rose; They found that ASPS members had a 34% surgical and 66% non-surgical growth rate while non ASPS members experienced 9.5% surgical and 90.5% non surgical growth rate. The predicted 2015 growth rate for ASPS members is 12% surgical and 88% non-surgical. Non ASPS members’ surgical procedures will make up only 3% of their total procedures while 97% is forecasted to be non-surgical.

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