2009 Statistics of Breast Augmentation and Reduction

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(1) In US, cosmetic surgery is so common--not just in Hollywood--that everything is suspect.
(2) For 2009 in US:
breast augmentation 311, 957
breast reduction (women) 113,511

Note:
(a) In other words, breast reduction (women) is about 35% of breast augmentation, in numbers.
(b) There is a SEPARATE procedure "Gynecomastia, treatment of (male breast reduction) 16,801."

The above data are found in table titled 2009 national totals for cosmetic procedures
in
Expanded data for 2009: Multi-year comparisons, 39 Cosmetic Procedures.
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), 2009.
http://www.surgery.org/sites/default/files/2009stats.pdf

Note:
(i) The table is paginated as "b5 (7/20)" according to the pdf counter, and as "5" in red square at upper right corner of the web page.
(ii) This table showed "A" in the upper right corner of 311, 957 (for breast augmentation). The caption of this table stated, "The top 5 surgical procedures are indicated in bold superscript letters in the column headed
Number of Procedures, while the top 5 nonsurgical procedures are indicated by bold superscript numbers."

Please refer to the previous web page ("4"), which combined both sexes. See "3" for
* The top five cosmetic surgical procedures in 2009 were
and
* The top five surgical procedures for women were
(iii) For "asaps quick fact," see penuntimate page ("17").

At last, for ASAPS statistics from 1997 to 2009 (inclusive), check
http://www.surgery.org/media/statistics
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