Breast implants top list of most common plastic surgeries

Breast augmentations are the most common form of plastic surgery in America, plastic surgeons say.

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the number of women who are getting breast implants has increased from last year.

In 2011, 307,180 women nationwide underwent a breast augmentation procedure while 296, 203 women had the same surgery in 2010.

Loyola University Health System plastic surgeons have also revealed similar trends in their practice.

“I have certainly seen an increase in elective cosmetic procedures in my practice. This is a sign the economy may be improving and people may have more disposable income to spend on cosmetic enhancements,” said Victor Cimino, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon at LUHS.

Other cosmetic surgery procedures that topped the list included: nose reshaping (243,772); liposuction (204,702); eyelid surgery (196,286); and face lifts (119,026).

The top five minimally invasive procedures were: Botulinum Toxin A (5,670,788); soft-tissue fillers (1,891,158); chemical peels (1,110,464); laser-hair removal (1,078,612); and microdermabrasion (900,439).

The least popular procedures nationwide were: pectoral implants (317), calf augmentation (405) and buttock implants (1,149).

“The top surgical procedures that we do at Loyola mirror the national statistics,” Dr. Cimino said.

“However, we opt to use various peels and lasers to rejuvenate the skin over other minimally invasive procedures such as microdermabrasion,” he added. Credit:santabanta.com

Snake Dies After Biting Model's Silicone Breasts

Last week, in an Israeli radio station promotion gone bad, model Orit Fox — who claims to have the largest breasts in the Middle East — was viciously bitten in one of her famous assets by the snake with which she was posing.

The snake wasn’t poisonous, and Fox got away with only a tetanus shot. The snake, however, wasn’t so lucky. It turns out that Fox became the largest busted women in the Middle East through less-than-natural means, and the poor serpent who bit her has now died of silicone poisoning.