The number of Americans getting plastic surgery is on the rise. According to a new report from the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) titled, Global Survey on Aesthetic/Cosmetic Procedures, the number of people getting plastic surgery rose by more than 19 percent in 2021. 

The survey found that nearly 13 million people had surgical plastic surgery procedures and 17.5 million had non-surgical procedures worldwide. These figures indicate that COVID-19 is no longer slowing down the cosmetic procedure industry, which saw a decrease in procedures during the pandemic by 1.8 percent for all procedures and nearly 11 percent for surgical procedures. 

Over the past four years, there has been a 33 percent increase in aesthetic surgery with both surgical and non-surgical procedures rising by 18.5 percent and nearly 20 percent respectfully. 

The largest increase was in non-surgical procedures, by 54 percent over the past 4 years. 

Liposuction was the most common surgical procedure at 1.9 percent, an increase of nearly 25 percent, surpassing breast augmentations. Face and head procedures grew in popularity by more than 14 percent. Thigh lifts grew by 53 percent, and buttock lifts grew by 45 percent. 

The U.S. saw the greatest increase in procedures, rising 24 percent, with 30 percent of all non-surgical procedures and 15.5 percent of all surgical procedures. Brazil came in second at 8.9 percent followed by Japan at 5.7 percent.

"These data clearly reflect the experience of recovery from the previous year's negative impact of COVID-19 on aesthetic procedures and numbers now exceed the pre-pandemic ones,” said Dr. Gianluca Campiglio, Global Survey editor and plastic surgeon in Italy. 

“We noticed an interesting increase in surgical procedures related to so-called "body contouring," such as liposuction, which is now ranked as the most common procedure, ahead of breast augmentation for the first time in many years, and also a similar emerging trend for abdominoplasty, thigh lift and buttock augmentation. 

“The lower increase in breast augmentation, and related increase in implant removals, also reflects our experience following publication of reports on BIA-ALCL in the preceding year," Dr. Campiglio said.