What Kind of Plastic Surgery Trends Are In Store for 2016?
Plastic surgery can significantly benefit or cause major problems for people who choose to go under the knife depending on where they go for help. As enhanced medical tools are created and technology evolves, plastic surgeons can provide increasingly impressive and safe results for their patients. The FDA recently approved of new injectables such as (Kybella) and new equipment (Verju and CoolSculpt Mini). If you’re wondering how much has the aesthetics industry evolved, here are a few trends you’ll see occurring in today’s society.
1. Millennials are increasingly becoming users of plastic surgery. The 20-somethings across the United States represent approximately 20 percent of the cosmetic surgery population. This statistic is expected to increase, due to the expectations the media puts on the youth population. Celebrities or anyone who is famous are often expected stay looking young in order to maintain their popularity and visibility. People take their cues from them.
2. Minimally invasive procedures will likely continue to grow. Procedures that require little or no downtime usually have improving results, due to better pharmaceuticals and technologies. In fact, over 80 percent of the almost 11 million cosmetic procedures performed in 2014 were of the non-surgical type.
3. Male patients are becoming increasingly common recipients of plastic surgery. In the past, women, rather than men, have been the major demographic for plastic surgery. That’s not the case in today’s world. There are more men who seek to have plastic surgery in order to give themselves a boost for their self-esteem. Men appreciate being complemented by others for their looks just as much as women! Everyone has points they would like to improve and, with the stigma against man getting plastic surgery decreasing, but who can blame men for wanting to look their best? Male patients represented 10 percent of all cosmetic patients in 2014.
4. There will be ever expanding uses for fillers in 2016. There were many restrictions that came along with what cosmetic surgeons could use in their procedures. The reason for this was the patient’s health and chances of making it out safely after the procedure is what mattered the most. Cosmetic surgeons do everything in their power to do a clean, efficient job while
performing plastic surgery and they hope for the best for their patients’ recovery. The safety procedures for plastic surgery have improved and gotten a lot stricter due to preventing any unnecessary or avoidable errors from occuring during the procedure. While Allergan recently received FDA approval for the use of the volumizer Juvederm in the lips, there is also use in the jawline, nose, hands and breast. Allergan has the ability to reverse the signs of aging.
5. The amount of plastic surgery procedures being performed will continue to increase in 2016. Most Americans have put the economic down turn of the last few years behind them. If people believe that a plastic surgery procedure will improve their life, then they will do what they can in order to have the procedure. Americans spent $12 billion dollars on cosmetic procedures in 2014, the most since 2008.
6. Social media, FaceTime and Skype will continue to fuel the desire to have plastic surgery. As people of all ages are increasingly having a more visible presence in the form of real time conversations, selfies have become a trend in the social media world as well as having a larger photographic presence.
7. There will be a continued number of women seeking vaginal rejuvenation procedures. Having children can cause a lot of damage which, in some cases, can have lasting effects. These procedures can boost the self-esteem of these women by helping their bodies settle into a more comfortable “normal” after child-birth. This will follow the current trends that exist already, not only surgical rejuvenation but non-surgical (laser) vaginal rejuvenation as well. 8. Using the patient’s own fat as a volumizer. Most plastic surgeons are beginning to use their patient’s fat as a volumizer all over the body (face, breast, buttock) will continue to increase as patients increasingly desire the greatest impact with the least downtime. This kind of method that plastic surgeons are incorporating may seem new and usual to others but the results have proved otherwise.
9. Non-surgical fat removal will continue its meteoric rise. Plastic surgeons are performing more non-surgical fat removal procedures and in result it has become a popular method. If there’s anything a plastic surgeon can do to cut down their time and produce efficiency while surgery, then that’s all they would want. The non-surgical fat removal procedure has the capability of
permanently remove fat without the need to undergo surgery and not of the traditional postoperative recovery.
10. The number of non-Caucasian people seeking plastic surgery will continue to climb. The typical image of a plastic surgery patient is a young, white human. That is changing now! People from different ethnicities are becoming interested in plastic surgery. There isn’t one single reason to explain this shift but non-caucasians represent almost 25 percent plastic surgery patients.
If you or your significant other are interested in plastic surgery, you are not alone! There are many diverse individuals of all ethnicities and genders who are exploring ways to improve their bodies with cosmetic surgeries. As you look into your options, make sure to only use boardcertified plastic surgeons, like Dr. Suresh Koneru at Advanced Concepts in Plastic Surgery. This will ensure you have a safe, healthy experience.