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More Men Consider Plastic Surgery

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The number of men going under the knife in 2012 for cosmetic reasons is 30 percent higher than a decade ago. What men are having done is changing too. Dr. Phil Haeck joins Ross Reynolds to talk about trends in plastic surgery. Haeck has been a plastic surgeon in the Northwest for 27 years and is the ­former president of the American Society for Plastic Surgeons.

Top cosmetic surgical procedures for women in 2012

  1. Breast Augmentation
  2. Nose Reshaping
  3. Liposuction
  4. Eyelid Surgery
  5. Facelift
  6. Tummy Tuck
  7. Breast Lift
  8. Dermabrasion
  9. Forehead Lift
  10. Lip Augmentation

Total procedures = 12.8 million.

Top cosmetic surgical procedures for men in 2012

  1. Nose Reshaping
  2. Eyelid Surgery
  3. Liposuction
  4. Male Breast Reduction
  5. Facelift
  6. Hair Transplantation
  7. Ear Surgery
  8. Dermabrasion
  9. Chin Augmentation
  10. Forehead Lift

Total procedures = 1.3 million.

Statistics from the American Society for Plastic Surgeons, provided by Dr. Phil Haeck.

Produced by Arwen Nicks.

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