The Industry
Americans spent over $12 billion on cosmetic procedures last year.
The medical aesthetics industry is a growth industry. Treatments are performed in Medical Spas or in Doctors offices. Over the past ten years procedures have generated a tremendous amount of revenue, creating jobs and opportunities. Here are some impressive facts about the growth of the industry:
- There were nearly 11.5 million surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures performed in the United States in 2006, as reported by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).
- Nonsurgical cosmetic procedures made up 83% of all the procedures.
- Since 1997, nonsurgical procedures increased by 747 percent!
- Laser hair removal and laser skin resurfacing were two of the top five non-surgical cosmetic procedures: laser hair removal (1,475,296 procedures) laser skin resurfacing (576,509 procedures). (The others three were Botox injection (3,181,592 procedures); hyaluronic acid (dermal fillers) (1,593,554 procedures); microdermabrasion (993,071procedures).
- Women had over 10.5 million cosmetic procedures, 92 percent of the total. Since 1997, nonsurgical procedures have increased 749% among women.
Statistics courtesy of American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
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