Plastic Surgery Industry Goes 'Under the Knife'

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You're not imagining! Fewer people had their breasts augmented, noses lifted and tummies tucked during 2008, according to a news release issued today by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. In fact, the nation's plastic surgeons saw a nine percent drop in the number of procedures they performed.

While going "under the knife" of a weak economy, the nation's plastic surgeons still performed over 12 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures during 2008. Specifically, they saw declines among the Top 5 procedures performed:

• Breast augmentation (307,000; 12 percent decline);

• Nose reshaping (279,000; two percent decline);

• Liposuction (245,000; 19 percent decline);

• Eyelid surgery (221,000; eight percent decline); and

• Tummy tuck (122,000; 18 percent decline).

-- Bob McCarty Writes