Billions spent on cosmetic surgery procedures regardless of the economy
The US has never seen such unemployment rates, the economy has all but collapsed, American homes have plummeted yet over 10 billion dollars went into the cosmetic surgery industry in 2009. That’s only about a 2% decrease from 2008. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery there were nearly 10 million cosmetic surgeries (both surgical and non-surgical) performed in the United States last year. Roughly 85% of these were a non-surgical type of procedure, like Botox or laser hair removal.
The records state that there were roughly 2.5 million Botox injections. The major cosmetic surgery procedures were breast augmentation, liposuction and cosmetic eyelid surgery.
It’s kind of strange to think, but some cosmetic surgeons argue that the terrible economy is actually causing some of these plastic surgeries, because people feel that if they look better they will have a better chance at landing a job in the workforce over someone that doesn’t look as good. They may have a good point there. Even people on unemployment are getting in on the cosmetic surgery action with the idea that they are spending money to make money. Crazy?
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