The Top 10 Cosmetic Surgeries for 2011 - A Prediction

As we get ready to see in the New Year, what will the trends for Cosmetic Surgery be in 2011?

Dr Scott E. Newman, a prominent New York surgeon, thinks he has got the answers, based on recent trends and statistics.

1. Breast Augmentation. This procedure has been the most popular for many years, and shows no signs of fading in popularity. No surprise here! The popularity of this procedure with celebrities should mean its top-place is assured for years to come.
   
2. Augmentation with Fat Transfer. This is increasing in popularity extremely quickly. Great advances are being made with this technique, although at present it is more popular with patients than with surgeons. The idea of Natural Breast Augmentation is immensely appealing to many, and this technique is also used with the Brazilian Butt Lift procedure. I am sure that in time new applications will be found for this technique.
   
3. Liposuction. Liposuction is likely to remain a popular procedure, as the obesity crisis in the West is showing no evidence of slowing down. In fact, in the UK, now 50% of men and women are clinically overweight or obese. With new ways of performing liposuction, such as Vaser Liposuction, constantly being developed, there is no way that liposuction will lose its popularity unless a completely new way of removing fat from the body is introduced.
   
4. Breast Lift Surgery. Women have always obsessed about sagging breasts after childbirth, so this procedure will surely always be popular. New advances with this surgery mean that it is now possible to perform with less scarring, and with longer lasting results.
5. Tummy Tuck. Also known as Abdominoplasty. Again, as with liposuction, the increasing food intake, and progressively more sedentary lifestyles mean that in all probability this will remain a popular procedure.
6. Buttock Lift. The butt lift procedure has really become very fashionable, and many celebrities have admitted to having it done. The Buttock Lift has really come out of nowhere, as only a few short years ago, most people had not even heard of it.
7. Breast Reconstruction. Reconstruction of the breasts following mastectomy will sadly continue to be a necessity for many female patients. New techniques are making the results better aesthetically, and faster to achieve.
8. Arm Lift Surgery. Arm Lift Surgery, or Brachioplasty is becoming more widely known, and can be expected to become more so. This is the cosmetic procedure, whereby excess, sagging skin is removed from the arms, to remove that effect sometimes known as "bingo wings".
9. Gynecomastia Surgery. The removal of male breasts has become a preoccupation with many men, in our increasingly appearance-conscious culture. Expect this to increase over the next 12 months.
10. Breast Reduction. Many women have always suffered from back pain from large breasts, but general increases in the weight-problems do not help. So it's probable that breast reduction surgery will continue to be very popular as a way to solve this problem.

A couple of extra predictions:

Botox will certainly continue to be the number 1 cosmetic procedure. It really has reached such a level of acceptability, and has so many different applications, that this is extremely unlikely to change.

Laser Hair Removal will keep its place as the second most popular non-surgical cosmetic procedure. It is a solution for an age-old problem, and is still far superior to any of the alternatives.

A slow but steady increase in the number of people traveling abroad for cosmetic surgery can be expected, as the idea slowly gains acceptance with the general public.

Here's wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year!