Thick Culture blogger Jose Marichal forwarded an infographic documenting recent trends in plastic surgery at GOOD. It showed that cosmetic surgery was up overall:
But that invasive surgeries are actually down, while “minimally invasive” surgeries are up:
Here are some details as to the changes in the top five procedures in 2009:
And here are the top five procedures by age:
For more interesting images about cosmetic surgery, see our posts on breast reduction for men, Asian eyelid surgery, botox and breast implants as empowerment, and the relationship between porn and genital cosmetic surgeries.
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Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
