ASPS, American Society of Plastic Surgeons released a report on 25th March, 2009, regarding the increase and decrease in cosmetic procedures among different ethnic groups living in USA. According to their statistics, ethnic cosmetic procedures increased by 11 % in the year 2008, where as such procedures among Hispanics increased by 18 %. A decrease by 2 % was recorded among Caucasians.
According to the detailed statistics, a total of 12 million cosmetic plastic surgeries were performed in the year 2008 in USA. Almost 1.3 million surgeries were undergone by Hispanics, comprising 10 % of the total number.
African American covered 8 %, with approximately 910,000 procedures. Cosmetic procedures undergone by Asian patients amounted to 7 %, with 866,000 surgeries.
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