Male cosmetic procedures are on the rise. While men undergoing some cosmetic procedure will never surpass the number of women that do, over 1 million surgical and nonsurgical procedures were done by men in 2013 according to the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. In overall numbers this represents 9% of the total cosmetic pie for men with 91% still belonging to women. Over the past fiteen years, this represents an increase of nearly 300% in men having some cosmetic procedure. A major reason for this increase are the non-surgcal procedures as they largely did not exist back then. They accounted for nearly 84% of the procedures men had done in 2013 so their role is understandably significant The top five non-surgical procedures done by men were Botox, injectable fillers, laser hair removal, photorejuvenation and chemical peels. Injectable non-surgical treatments lead the way just as they do in women.
Men still undergo invasive surgery and the types of procedures men have not changed much over the years. The top five surgical procedures were liposuction, blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty, gynecomastia reduction and otoplasty for 2013. The first four mentioned are very common in my practice and otoplasty only makes the list if one considers males under the age of 18 years old. But the age distributions of the procedures do affect the males that have them. Younger men will have gynecomastia reduction and rhinoplasty while older men will have liposuction and blepharoplasty.
Dr. Barry Eppley
Indianapolis, Indiana