Average cosmetic surgery patient 'increasing in age'

19/03/2008

Cosmetic surgery patients are getting older, it has been revealed.

According to the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS), the average patient is now 42.6-years-old, a two-year increase on 2002''s figures.

The organisation states that baby boomers, who are aged between42 and 64-years-old make up 28 of the population.

"Cosmetic surgeons are seeing anywhere between a one to three-year increase in our patient''s age," claimed Dr Steven Hopping, president of the AACS. "It appears that as baby boomers grow older, so does our clientele."

In the non-invasive cosmetic surgery sector, which makes up 77 per cent of the industry, the results were much the same, with the average Botox patient revealed as two years older than in 2002.

Liposuction was found to be the top invasive treatment, followed by sclerotherapy - varicose vein surgery and blepharoplasty - eyelid enhancement.

A Mintel survey has revealed that in the UK, mothers are the most likely cosmetic surgery patients, with 57 per cent considering a tummy tuck and 49 per cent debating whether to have liposuction.

back