Overall, there were nearly 1.7 million cosmetic surgical procedures performed in 2008. For the second straight year, breast augmentation topped the list with 307,000 performed, though that number represents a 12 percent decline from 2007.
Rhinoplasty eclipsed liposuction as the send-most popular cosmetic surgical procedure last year (279,000) despite a 2 percent decline from 2007, while lipousuction remained the third most popular cosmetic procedure in 2008 (245,000) despite a 19 percent drop from 2007.
Though still not considered a popular procedure, pectoral implants saw a three-fold gain from 2007 to 2008, jumping from 440 to 1,335!!
*Dr. G is one of very few surgeons across the WORLD performing this procedure (we are very proud to say).
Plastic Surgery News 2009
Beatrice Zuluaga